Thane,
All I can offer ATM is good luck! Understand 'slowness.'
I get this question from my Brother and Sister all the time.
Neither of them run 'up-to-date' hardware. Yes. The issue is 'why?' and
'cost.' Really believe it is 'cost' and the old 'if it ain't broke
don't fix it.'
"But, I want my machine FASTER!"
I don't know how to share with you, but I can confirm that older machines
just run slower (via Browser). My old Pentium P6-Pro, bless its' heart,
is a
'go get a soda!' using a modern browser! LOL! I accept this. I expect this.
And then, it also runs XP pro. Expect W7 base specs can not play! Fine.
This stack is sentimental. I will run it to the day Redmond says 'please
just
turn it off and go away!'
Personally, since the 1980's, I follow this model. The OS lives on the c:\
partition, period. Nothing else (well, I can accept a chosen A/V, maybe).
Any/All additional programs (live Office) live on a dedicated d:\ partition.
I understand that most users may not understand 'partition.' That is why
you get paid the big bucks........... :)
And, I am having resistance to this still in my small support zone! Fine.
I am still reading/learning/thinking about stuff like PageFile.sys, and
the like.
I remain a student of the Collective!
Best,
Duncan
On 02/01/2012 07:21, Thane Sherrington wrote:
I'm looking for a method of comparing browsing speed on different
computers. Slowness is a huge complaint with my clients, and I'd like
to be able to tell them "under perfect conditions, you would get a 50%
speed increase in browsing if you replaced your 10 year old computer
with a new one." :)
I was thinking of setting up a web server on my network and then
running a script on the machines to test how long it takes to load a
series of pages, but I'm not sure if that's the best approach. Any
suggestions?
T
