Re: Vista

On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:37:56 -0600, Judson McClendon wrote:

"Paul Knudsen" <pknudsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
... I would like my next PC to have one 4x striped RAID.
The performance boost should be impressive, since most delays on a PC
are from disk IO bottleneck, especially on laptops. I wonder why so
many people buy notebooks with super fast CPUs and 5400 RPM drives?
The vast majority of applications are not CPU intensive, and a slower
(less expensive) CPU and 7200 RPM drive would perform much better. My
2004 vintage 2.4 GHz P4 ThinkPad "came alive" when I replaced its
factory 5400 RPM drive with a 7200 RPM drive. I couldn't get a 7200
RPM drive from the factory in 2004.

The memory on laptops is often very slow (FSB speed) and the processors
tend to have smaller memory cache sizes. When you add slow memory , small
cache, slow hard disks, laptops are a lot slower.

Vista is far more resource intensive than older versions of Microsoft
Windows. The digital restrictions management software has a similar effect
on performance to running anti-virus software.

As others pointed out, manufacturers tend to load all sorts of rubbish on
your PC which uses memory, causes swapping and slows down start up. You
can usually get rid of most of it.

Tim Josling
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