John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Oct 4 11:09:51 CDT 2005
No, I keep it defragged. The registry is the key factor in load times. I probably have 60 apps loaded on this laptop, including a dozen MAJOR apps used for development. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 12:01 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Need new laptop If it's getting slower at loading files up then perhaps it's time to defrag the drive? Lambert -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:27 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Need new laptop Processors have finally (more or less) leveled out in terms of performance increases, at least for the common man. I bought a laptop with a 2.8g AMD64 with 1.5g RAM and a 1280 x 800 screen. I replace the HD with a 7200 rpm 60g unit which REALLY helped the load speed. I bought it almost two years ago and it is still an amazing machine. Yea, the more I load on it the slower the load, but the actual use is very fast. I may be able to replace the processor some day with a 4+g unit, not real sure if that will ever happen really since it is the 754 pin processor, which would have to move to the next lower die size in order to reduce the heat for the speed increase. In the end, I think this machine will still be fast enough even in another 3 or 4 years. 5 or 6 years is truly all you can expect out of a laptop anyway. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com