[cocoflunchy]

Startup time is more like 5-10s for me on a Core i5 iMac. Better than eclipse, not better than vim.

[rschmitty]

Same for me, i7 Win7. Thankfully I rarely have a reason to close ST2 once open.

[weslly]

I have a Core i5 MBP and ST3 takes 1 second or less to start.