Two are Dell desktops another is a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon. I am OK now with startup times. I did a clean install and I see that if I remove HDD and unplug DVD, I get better time. This is not a problem, since HDD is for archive. I can use it externally. I never use DVR, but there is not a way to order machine without it.
I am seeing slow startup for machine. In looking at Task Manager>Startup, last BIOS Time is 26.5 seconds. On previous machines I was seeing times less than 5 seconds. I have the latest BIOS update installed, 1.0.8, 30 Dec. 2021
XPS 8950, BIOS 1.0.8, slow startup