Tekserve, our favorite third-party Apple retailer in New York City, updated its Macs across the board to Mountain Lion and tallied the times it took across the line. The results, above, may help you when budgeting an upgrade time for Mountain Lion (or when deciding to get an SSD).

If you have an SSD, you might have just enough time to grab a coffee.

Update:

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