When running windows on my laptop.. if it becomes slow/unresponsive due to anti-virus software running.. it's not the processor... it's the hard-drive that's being the bottleneck. Due to the heat, laptop drives still run rather slowly compared to desktop drives.
Christopher. --- Josh Vickery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, I'm not your typical computer user, my desire > for SMP stems from > liking my system to be responsive while running an > automated test suit > in the background, or deploying an application > server. However, Greg > Brown mentions that his neighbor is fed up with the > Anti-Virus > software., and I think this points to a usage trend > that I think makes > SMP more attractive to "normal" users. Looking at a > "normal" user's > windows task bar I see tons of little blinking and > flashing icons, all > of which can add up to a very slow computer. I have > yet to experiment > with this, but I think that SMP boxes will help make > "normal" systems > more responsive. > > Josh > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
