performance question

[Michael Knee]

"Response time" is the time from when I click on something until the
expected response appears on the screen, for instance, from when I click on
a directory in the tree (left panel) until the contents of that  directory
appear in the right panel, or from when I click on "Start Here" until the
"Start Here" window appears.

Good point about services and extra programs.  XP is running XP Office Pro
and Norton AntiVirus, Linux is running whatever comes with the basic install
set, including StarOffice 5.2.  I'll have to take another look at that.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: <alandd@mindspring.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: performance question


> On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 15:50:57 -0700 Michael Knee <mikeknee@cox.net> wrote:
> > I have a dual boot system, WindowsXP and
> > RH7.3.  Response time for XP is
> > dramatically faster than for Linux, which
> > is the opposite of what I would have
> > expected.  Has anyone else run into
> > this?
> >
> > Each OS has it's own disk, and both disks are
> > the
> > same model (Western Digital, 80GB, 7200 rpm,
> > 8MB cache):
> >
> > XP is on hda (primary master)
> > Linux is on hdb (primary slave)
> >
> > I installed XP first, later I added the 2nd
> > drive
> > and Linux.
> >
> > Any ideas?  Or does XP usually respond
> > faster
> > than Linux?
> >
> > Mike
>
> You'll have to be more specific:
>
> - What is "response time?"  Responding to what?
> - How many services and extra programs are running in XP as compared to
Linux?
> - What operations are you specifically trying to compare?
>
> Just saying, "XP is usually faster" is not clear enough.
>
> Alan
>
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