Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > On Saturday 31 March 2007 17:57, my mailbox was graced by a missive > from James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> who wrote: > > >>> Note: the slowness is obvious etheri in Windows (XP for example) >>> or in Linux. >>> > > >> In order to ensure their apps run better than the competition, MS loads >> in part of the app during boot up and may have hidden API, which provide >> better performance than a competitor can obtain with the published API. >> > > So we should not time the opening time of OO vs M$Word, but time from > beginning of boot-up to open OO or Word ? > > Cheers, > > Ron. > Well, for starters, time how long it takes for XP to respond to mouse clicks after booting. On my work computer, after logging in, I have some coffee and read the paper, while waiting for the computer to allow me to do something. In contrast, when you see an icon appear on the desktop, it will start, though it may have to wait for the system to come up.
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