Re: [Thinkpad] 600X PIII-500 slower than PII-400?

In article <NEBBKPCOJCFIMDELMGDPOEOFDEAA.jbohen@compuserve.com>,
"James V. Bohen" <jbohen@compuserve.com> wrote:
>I use a program called Info Select, which is a PIM and free-form database.
>I had been using it on a desktop computer, a Pentium II-400 with 256M RAM
>and a 6 gig hard drive. I recently acquired a Thinkpad 600X, Pentium
>III-500 with 256M RAM and a 20 gig hard drive. My Info Select program runs
>noticeably slower on the Thinkpad. On the desktop, searching the database
>takes no more than a second, while on the Thinkpad it's 7 to 10 seconds. Is
>there something about the 600X that I have not properly configured? It
>seems strange that the Pentium III-500 runs this program slower than a
>Pentium II-400. Thanks.
>

Not quite an answer to your question, but my 600E (366 MHz PII)
under Win2K runs noticeably slower on battery than on mains
power. But a difference of 7-10X seems extreme. Among the
things I would look at are the Indexing service (which could
easily be disabled with no loss of power--but increase of
speed--for most of us), and various programs that run then
remain at startup.

-- 
happy
Jonathan Berry and Erika http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/fun.htm
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