Re: Handspring says "delete third-party applications"

[Sean Charles]

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 07:41 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Have you experienced slowdown from the lots of apps installed
or lots of system extension installed (and activated)?
The slowdown comes from more cpu cycle and affects battery life?

If by 'more cpu cycle' you mean 'more intense processing to wade through the extra rubbish to get a result' then I have to agree on that point. I'm still not convinced about battery life though.

My DragonBall EZ 16MHz device gets slowdown with just one system
extension, if it hooks SysHandleEvent().

Ok, but that still doesn't affect battery life per se. A cycle is a cycle is a cycle. The slowdown is caused by the hook increasing the latency between the event being generated and ultimately dealt with, this is bound to affect the performance.

Yes.  Of course every programs consume battery energy.
But complex apps eats more cpu cycle, so consume more
juice.

Hmmmmmmmm.....still not convinced. How does the CPU know its executing a complex app as opposed to a simple one then? I use FastCPU and *that* will drain the battery faster because it winds up the whole clock speed but that's a different kettle of fishy wishies.

| Does your PC slow down when you fit another hard drive?

I think this is not a valid analogy...

LOL. Yeah, maybe I was laughing too much to concentrate and that point.

Anyway an old i386 or i486 pc with 10 or more SCSI hard drive
connected and if it must scan every disk (through PATH environment
variable) when launching apps or showing app's icons on desktop
or somewhere, I am sure the pc will slow down.

Or just blow up! Would make a good artificial coral reef...

| Will my waistline
| reduce if I throw out my old pairs of trousers and pants?

I don't know :-)

In the meantime, I pawned eight pairs of trousers and bought sixteen packets of Mars bars with the money,
so I guess that argument is a loser ;-)

No one said "delete *every* 3rd party apps".

I still think Handspring have goofed badly.

Sean.


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