I also have a similar setup, and have never noticed any slowdown in ME. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Barbara Pfieffer Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 10:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] WinME slowdown after MDK install I have ME and mdk 8 on two Dells, one notebook and one desktop, both run fine, with no appreciable speed difference for ME. Both have Intel processors on mine, about the only diff. Barbara Ed Colmar wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > I've been having a repeating issue on dual boot winME + MDK > machines, and I was wondering if anyone could help to shed some light > on the subject, or ideally point me toward a solution. > > Machine A: > AMD Athlon 700 Mhz > DMA 20gig drive > 376 MB ram > > machine B: > HP 5340 Notebook > Amd Duron 800 Mhz > 18 Gig drive > 256 MB ram > > On both of the machines, when WinME is installed ALONE, it > screams, all games are really fast, and launching apps is nearly > instant. > > Once Mandrake (and Grub) are installed, the machines slow > down significantly. I would say they run at 10-20 percent of the > speed they were at. This includes opening new windows, launching > apps, and 3d performance. > > Does WinME require some special boot options? Or Some type > of special configuration to allow dual boot? It seems like once it > notices that "another" OS is on the disc that it /voluntarily/ slows > itself. Can it be tricked somehow? > > I even tried the "real mode DOS" patch on one of the boxes, > and that only slowed it down more... =( > > Normally I wouldn't care, and just run linux all the time. > But gaming is the only thing that windows can do that linux can't and > the speed needs to be there for that. > > Any ideas? > > TIA! > > -ed- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com
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