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Subject: Re: Windows Speed Up

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 16:35:47 01/31/06

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On January 31, 2006 at 16:40:18, Richard Sutherland wrote:

>On January 31, 2006 at 12:32:21, Laurence Chen wrote:
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>>From what I can see, it does not speed up Windows at all.  It only allows you to
>>change time delay of folders or mouse clicks to a shorter time length.  Think
>>like this, if you have a car with a 4 cylinder engine, you are you to tell me
>>that you make your 4 cylinder engine perform faster than a ferrari engine
>>without adding more cylinders or power to the engine.  Yea! I would like to see
>>this happen.  Same thing with Windows speeding up. It is the processor which
>>determines the speed of the PC. Unless you overclock it, you won't see it much
>>faster.
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>Of course, that site is not saying it would make your 4 cylinder go faster than
>a ferrari, it's saying that if you oil the hinges, you'll be able to open the
>doors faster. :)

Agreed - no real impact on the engine - but the doors will be well greased --
good analogy.  The chess elo impact will be zilch - but it might make winodws
seem more responsive by cutting out all those delays and the quicker loading.
An interesting read.



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