[dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster

Ack!  Hardware!  Maybe I'm not in as much of a hurry as I thought.  :)

But thanks for the lead.  I wonder if doubling the memory would be 
effective?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" 
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:02 AM
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster


> First thing to do is go get a 7200 rpm drive.  I am serious Rocky. 
> Laptops
> come with 4200 rpm drives and they suck for access speeds.
>
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-146-020&depa=0
>
> Get a usb port connected shell that holds the hard drive (the form factor 
> is
> important here, laptop hds are smaller).  Then attach the new drive to 
> your
> laptop.  Ghost the contents out to the new drive.  Swap the internal with
> the new one.  It took me about 1 hour (plus the transfer time of the ghost
> operation), dead simple to do.
>
> After that get a 1gb dim.  I bought this one for my EMachines:
>
> http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4158153
>
> My laptop now performs like it should.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause:
> http://folding.stanford.edu/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin -
> Beach Access Software
> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 1:55 AM
> To: dba-tech
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Laptop should run faster
>
>
> Dear tech:
>
> My laptop doesn't run as fast as I thin it should (who's does?).  I recall
> vaguely some tips about things that can be turned of in windows that tend 
> to
> bog things down.  Some kind of logging, or indexing, or audit trailing, or
> something.
>
> Anyway, if anyone has any hints I'll give them a try.  It's a 64bit Athlon
> processor running with 512MB RAM and WXP Home.  Seems to be doing a lot of
> disk swapping when starting or terminating programs.  Also slow startup 
> when
> changing user accounts.
>
> Any tips appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
> http://www.e-z-mrp.com
> 858-259-4334
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