On my windows 8.1 laptop, the startup time for Spyder is:
1min 50 sec.... when I am connected to the internet
<25 sec .... when disconnected
I have already unchecked check updates at startup in advanced settings. Either that setting is ignored or perhaps there is another config file to edit?
Any ideas?
I have a solution which works at least for now.
Just run spyder --reset from a terminal. Warning: you have to change the any interface settings all over again. But the startup time is now ~20 sec irrespective of an internet connection or whether check updates was selected.
(from) https://groups.google.com/a/continuum.io/forum/#!topic/anaconda/MwJrkinW2To
