Old pc faster than ecent

[cameron conner]

On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:00:37 -0600, Brad Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 14:36 -0200, Hervé Fache wrote:
>> On 12/14/06, Andrew Zajac <arzajac at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The laptop has less ram than the desktop.  The desktop does not swap
>>> because there is more ram available.
>> 
>> Yes, but once it's all up, it uses less memory than there is, so the
>> problem is somewhere else.
>> 
>> Did you check that the hard disk(s) had DMA enabled?
>> sudo hdparm /dev/hda
>> 
>> Hervé.
> 
> If SWAP is used, then there isn't enough RAM. It IS that simple.
> 
> You could probably pick at services and shut things down to help the
> problem but the main cause of laptop slowness is RAM and HDD speed.
> 
> Find yourself a 7200RPM replacement HDD and Install at least 512MB of
> RAM. You will find the performance will increase incredibly. If you
> can't afford the new HDD then at least upgrade the RAM. 256K is not
> enough.
> 
> Personally, I don't know why anyone would buy a laptop WITHOUT a 7200RPM
> HDD.

Not to intrude here, however battery life and heat are two major 
reasons for staying away from 7200rpm drives in laptops...

> Brad
> 
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