Hello rickory,
What ever loading times you get will depend on what you are loading at startup.
Lots of programs loading = high load times.
Go to run and type "msconfig" (no quotes), open Startup tab and see what programs are being loaded, any program you stop from loading can be started manually when needed, obviously, if you have sound and video programs that are needed, then don't disable them.
Play around with what is being loaded and see if that saves you any time.
Hope this helps, good luck and post your results.