What I did was build a python24.zip file that only contained core compiled python files (*.py, *.pyc and *.pyo) and removed the same files from the disk.
I then ran the following basic startup test under our "normal" RunPython environment and under one using the python24.zip
./release/RunPython -c 'pass'
OS normal python24.zip
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linux (ubuntu) real 0m0.117s real 0m0.071s
user 0m0.069s user 0m0.027s
sys 0m0.010s sys 0m0.008s
os x (panther) real 0m0.501s real 0m0.148s
user 0m0.150s user 0m0.070s
sys 0m0.040s sys 0m0.030s
disk space (w/o site-packages)
python24.zip 3 meg
lib/python2.4/ 17 meg
The OS X computer was my powerbook, not exactly a speed demon, and the linux box was a fast server.
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