Comments on: Dual core processors definitely suit my working style http://www.randomfate.net/MT/2007/03/28/dual-core-processors-definitely-suit-my-working-style/ One more roll of the dice... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:38:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Barb http://www.randomfate.net/MT/2007/03/28/dual-core-processors-definitely-suit-my-working-style/comment-page-1/#comment-881484 Barb Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:13:49 +0000 http://www.randomfate.net/MT/2007/03/28/dual-core-processors-definitely-suit-my-working-style/#comment-881484 Yes - I'm glad I have a dual core (desktop - 4GB RAM) at work to run Vista with. Then again, I have an older P4-3GHz with 1GB of RAM here at home, and it does quite well with Vista Ultimate - I can't complain. At work I am like you - at least 10-12 windows open, one of which is a browser with at least 4 tabs running (sometimes as high as 10). I run a mixture of line-of-business apps along with Visio 2007 and one or more of the Office 2007 apps (usually Outlok, OneNote, and maybe Excel/Word). Plus the sidebar, natch. I'm not surprised that the laptop runs hot. I'm guessing that you already tweaked the power settings for battery as well. Did you know that you can go into Advanced Power Settings from the Edit Plan Settings dialog, and completely tweak each setting? For instance, you can tell Indexing to "Balanced" instead of the default "Performance" to keep it from trying to run high - if the search/indexing function can lag behind a little. Also, the Wireless runs at High Performance, even under the 'Balanced' power plan. So there are a lot of tweaks that you can try out :-) Okay, geeky moment over! Yes - I’m glad I have a dual core (desktop - 4GB RAM) at work to run Vista with. Then again, I have an older P4-3GHz with 1GB of RAM here at home, and it does quite well with Vista Ultimate - I can’t complain.
At work I am like you - at least 10-12 windows open, one of which is a browser with at least 4 tabs running (sometimes as high as 10). I run a mixture of line-of-business apps along with Visio 2007 and one or more of the Office 2007 apps (usually Outlok, OneNote, and maybe Excel/Word). Plus the sidebar, natch.

I’m not surprised that the laptop runs hot. I’m guessing that you already tweaked the power settings for battery as well. Did you know that you can go into Advanced Power Settings from the Edit Plan Settings dialog, and completely tweak each setting? For instance, you can tell Indexing to “Balanced” instead of the default “Performance” to keep it from trying to run high - if the search/indexing function can lag behind a little. Also, the Wireless runs at High Performance, even under the ‘Balanced’ power plan. So there are a lot of tweaks that you can try out :-)

Okay, geeky moment over!

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