> From: bblisa [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John P. > Rouillard > > But the question is will win 8 pro run like a dog on the netbook? > Currently the netbook has windows 8 basic (i.e. non-pro) on it.
No comment. But separately: One thing worth mention - Basically any CPU can encrypt/decrypt much faster than a disk can transfer data. So you don't suffer any performance degradation as a result of encrypting the drive. (On a 2.3 or 2.4 Ghz i3 or i5, sustained maximum throughput on a single disk, consumes about 30-40% cpu of a single core.) No matter what encryption product you use, assuming you use AES, it is highly worthwhile to get a CPU with the AES-NI instruction set. This accelerates AES instructions by about 10x so you literally can't even measure the 3-4% cpu utilization, mixed in with all the other "idle" cpu utilization. _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
