There are Sooo many things that can do that.... and a large one (as
mentioned) is the hard drive.
You mentioned that these machines have the same software... not likely,
since they are from 2 different companies.
Check the task manager and see what system programs are loaded.
Motherboard design and memory speed can give a noticable difference in
responsivness.
The IBM likely has a better/faster video card eliminating bottlenecks during
screen updates.
The IBM has an Intel Pentium M processor (March 2003), much newer than the
Dell's P4 (Nov 2000) processor, and with many speed improvments in the way
data is moved across the bus, amount of cache memory, and more.. (see
www.intel.com and look at the spec's for these two processors).
I would not worry about the speed difference.... just save some money and
buy a Core 2 Duo machine (Mac or IBM) and you will wonder why you waited so
long.
- Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "RLeeSimon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [CGUYS] better
How come my IBM ThinkpadX31 PM1.4 2gb ram (but the same was true before I
upgraded from 1gb ram) with exactly the same stuff running (except for
lots
of ibm stuff extra) runs and performs sooo much better than my Dell
PIV2(w/intel speed boost) 1gb ram (max it will take) running the same but
none of that ibm stuff? Neither has any viri or spy or other fections...
d'oh!!
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