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On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 22:05:21 -0600, "Yves M." <yves@PROTECTIONsswiss.com>
wrote:
>"George Macdonald" <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> wrote in message
>news:597fu0hfkutnqfjgqaev5qr5a90rkk1pqq@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:26:36 -0600, "Yves M." <yves@PROTECTIONsswiss.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Thank you so much for the feedback... I'm going bananas with my current
>>>PIII
>>>1.2Ghz in my Thinkpad T23...it's gotten so slow (or the new software so
>>>bloated?). Sounds like the Pentium M is the way to go (I've been so long
>>>in
>>>the desktop AMD area that I had no idea how the P4 lines and P M lines
>>>compared).
>>
>> Are you sure you don't have a trojan or virus?... and have you checked for
>> malware with Ad-Aware and Sybot S&D etc.?
>>
>>>Looking at T42's with a 1.8Ghz Pentium M 745 right now... this time it
>>>needs a faster HD too... Thanks!
>>
>> I'm afraid Notebook HDs are still dog slow compared with desktops.
>>
>> --
>> Rgds, George Macdonald
>
>I regularly check for this type of stuff... it's a work machine so I keep it
>very clean. I really noticed when we moved from Office 2000 to Office 2003.
>It takes forever to open Word, Excel or Outlook 2003. Once in it, it's
>fast, but the initial load... ARGH.
>
>I think a lot of it also has to do with the HD (60GB 5400RPM IBM/Hitachi)
>but the CPU pegs at 100% very frequently, especialy during loading.
You might want to check your Startup and (Registry)Run key (MSCONFIG if
your OS has it) for things cluttering the startup sequence... and then run
Taskinfo,
http://www.iarsn.com/downloads to check for nuisances or fluff.
It's kinda annoying the number of software packages now which want their
place in the startup/taskbar without explaining why - often they just want
to check for updates.
>I think I have decided on a T42 with the new 60GB 7200 RPM HD. However, I
>will wait a couple of months until the T43 is released as I expect the
>prices to drop a bit more if I can make it that long...
The T42s are nice - I got one a few weeks ago, a 2378FTU from CDW. It was
a rush order (in our office in <24hrs), as so often happens, so I might
look more closely for a leisurely purchase: e.g. 3 year warranty vs. 1 year
and a faster HDD, as well as comparison shop at www.newegg.com and IBM's
site for deals, but it's a very nice system... I'll probably add some
memory from Crucial to get to 512MB. The Thinkpads just seem to get better
and better with each new generation... which is why we're all wondering how
the Lenovo thing is going to pan out.
>Rgds,
>Yves
>
>PS: George - were you on the AltCPU list, formerly the Cyrix list? Your
>name sounds familiar... maybe I just have seen your posts online...
I think I may have posted a couple of times at AltCPU and did a fair amount
at one of Compuserve's PC hardware forums - I was strongly interested in
Cyrix CPUs back then.
--
Rgds, George Macdonald