It may be good idea to check the CPU temperature and the airflow inside the computer - dust buildup may reduce airflow and cooling, which in turn may cause CPU throttling.
> On 21 Aug 2020, at 07:50, George Rachor via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > I’ll check in the morning but believe the 2 machines are identical except for > screen size. I’ll also check for the same version of Parallels. I assume > since these are 2010 machines I could upgrade the Parallels to current. They > are both running High Sierra. > > On startup the 17” <the slower one>. Takes a very long time to show the > desktop icons. I have the feeling the problem isn’t Parallels as there is > slowness in email and iTunes without Parallels being started up. > > > George > > >> On Aug 20, 2020, at 10:44 PM, Zane Healy <heal...@avanthar.com> wrote: >> >> On Aug 20, 2020, at 5:14 PM, George Rachor via cctalk >> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>> >>> I have 2 2010 macbook pro's. Each have 8GB of Ram and both have a 2 TB >>> hybrid seagate hard drives. Running Windows via Parallels. 15 inch system >>> have reasonable perfomance. 17 inch system just crawls running windows. >>> With RAM maxed out what else should I be looking for? >> >> Do they have the same CPU’s, and the same version of Parallels? Might be >> something with the Windows install on the one? >> >> Zane >> >> >
