On Thursday 06 April 2006 11:08, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> weeeelll, it's not exactly old - it's a 3.0GHz P4 laptop (Inspiron
> 9100). It could be a RAM issue - only 512 Mb.
>
> But I definately notice it when emerging sources, and then trying to
> switch virtual workspaces when I have, say, firefox & evolution & vmware
> running... even if emerge is niced.
>
what are the specs on your HDD? surely seems like the key here. Like Richard
pointed out, as soon as IO systems become loaded they struggle to keep up
with demand. Laptops usually have 5400rpm HDD dont they?
> but do you actually do anything to notice this slowdown? ie. are you
> changing desktops, starting other applications, etc?
>
absolutely, running openoffice, juk, kate, kmail, firefox and gkrellm atm on
four desktops amongst others. Emergeing at the same time, Firefox can grind
on the rendering but otherwise its pretty sweet. BTW I only have 512 MB RAM
also.
OT my desktop stystem generates significant heat, often often over 35c in the
case alone, but laptops can't get away with disipating as much heat so there
must be tradeoffs somewhere. Actually Im impressed that its still going after
3 years and the amount of work it does. :)
> thanks for the tips. I'll check out the ioprio someone else
> mentioned...
Yeah looks keen as :)
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