Roco Posted June 13, 2010 CID Share Posted June 13, 2010 Speed and things I got a thing about light things being faster, one of the reasons I never tried Vista My computer is a budget home build , 3 core AMD with 2 Gb of memory ,(It’s no faster in normal use than when running 1 Gb .) my O/S is Xp pro 32 b, for testing I use Performance test V5 by passmark software , Been logging tests for years , My interest is in lightening the services running , a good tool for that is Micro’s Systernals procexplorer , I was using AVG antivirus, free , till I noticed the number of running services , Now using Avast free , it is very configurable and light , Just been running Glary Utilities , as a clean up tool ( from Cnet ) It also has loads of options , and so far is working well , it’s free And the latest de- frag tool is by Auslogics , it sure does a better job than the built in m/s tool , also free, I now have my system running with only 20 services , that includes a software firewall and Avast antivirus , and seeing a 19% increase in performance on my computer , The disclaimer If anyone uses any of these tools , be it on your head , not mine , they worked for me , That’s all I am saying BTW . my next project is Linux Mint 10 , been there in the distant past , and didn't like it , but then I don't give up that easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zalternate Posted June 13, 2010 CID Share Posted June 13, 2010 A list and description of the top ten Linux distro's. http://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=major Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted June 13, 2010 CID Share Posted June 13, 2010 If you want light IE6 was fast. IMO of course. I had good luck with it anyway. And gonna try that defrag. So far M/S has been the best in the end and already there anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted June 14, 2010 Author CID Share Posted June 14, 2010 On 6/13/2010 at 6:30 PM, tommie gorman said: If you want light IE6 was fast. IMO of course. I had good luck with it anyway. And gonna try that defrag. So far M/S has been the best in the end and already there anyway. I am on I E 8 now , it takes a bit of taming , but works well for me , F** k firefox etc , in the past it as clunky and no faster for me , I guess that will get the fire fox guys howling , but do I need to run a browser that needs I.E as a back up, ? Tommie I think from past posts we both ran Pirform de-fragger ? , for me it seemed to lose it's way with it's updates ? auslogic defrager, seems to have got it right for me , it has a nice option to speed up disk layout for fast booting , ( recomended once a week ) indeed my puter still boots in under 30 seconds, either way I do a full "C" drive back up b4 adding new programs, I guess it's a old habit dating back to the 90's once bit., twice shy is the way I go , , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted June 14, 2010 Author CID Share Posted June 14, 2010 On 6/13/2010 at 6:10 PM, zalternate said: A list and description of the top ten Linux distro's. http://distrowatch.c...?resource=major I guess it depends on which review you read, I got sold on Mint , well,maybe sold is a misomer ? it was free , I never got it online in the past , it was a bit like open office for me, that I found was crap back then , maybe I ain't geeky enough , I need a system to work like my fridge , washing machine , and the cooker , ( put my dinner in the oven , press the button , eat the meal) , plugins ? I leave that to my G/F ,, , I admit I have put my dinner in the washing machine in the past ( thanks J.D, ) , it came out a bit dry next day , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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