Subj : Re: Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... To : All From : G6JPG-255@255soft.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 17:26:06 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 78 Message-ID: <2g3d6mUuocDaFwPs@soft255.demon.co.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="9cc7888b658c57f9be9077e9dab49491"; logging-data="32312"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+COH+VnGL8GLnvr4szgakw" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:4GBll1IcSmFyTEp5zbS0KpCj7uU= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134593 In message , james@nospam.com writes: >On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:43:53 -0600, Paul in Houston TX > wrote: > >>james@nospam.com wrote: >>> Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... (another thread), I >>> have been considering getting another laptop that is a little more >>> modern and faster. I've been pretty pleaswd with my T43 models. >>(snip) >> >>I like my company provided t420. >>Make sure that your new prospective Lenovo has actual buttons by the >>touch pad. >>If you go with W7 get a 64 bit one and you can have 8 gb RAM or more. >>It will be faster than XP and you can run several programs at the same time. >>W7 will take some getting used to but I like it better than XP. >>My old t400 and t410 did not support 64 bit. I still have the t410 32 >>bit W7 and >>it crawls compared to the t420 64 bit. I agree with you on not getting >>w8x or w10. > >I will only go with Windows 7 if the computer comes with a pre-install >of it. I am not paying $100 or more to buy a Win7 installer CD, and that >seems to be the going rate. If I get a laptop with a blank HDD, I'll >just install XP (which I have). Presumably you have a spare licence, or a volume licence (you may not want to answer that on a public newsgroup!). > >I dont know if I want the 64 bit though, if I cant run my old software. >For example, I run Winamp and I created a lot of visualizations for it, >over the years and I want to keep using it. I still run Paint Shop Pro >and I still prefer the early versions 3 thru 5. After that it got too >bloated and complicated. Almost all the software I use is from the late >90s or early 2000s. I don't know an easy way to tell if software is 16 or 32 bit (Paul? Note I said _easy_!), but I think most of those are 32 bit. > >Mostly what I use my laptop for is to use it at WIFI spots, and play my >videos and music when I am on the road. For those applications, you should be able to find 32 (or 64) bit software that isn't that unusable, if you do end up with a 64 but W7. (The second-hand market seemed to have more W7-64 systems than W7-32 last time I looked.) > I'm not sure waht I have for RAM >in this T43, but I know it's the maximum allowed on that machine. (Right-click on empty part of taskbar, select Task Manager, Performance tab - look under Physical Memory.) >I'm sure I could use more RAM, but I still think it's Firerfox that >causes the slowing down syndrome. It's like FF gets overloaded. Clearing >the cache helps a little bit. > Task Manager again, Performance tab - if the "PF Usage" bar is showing above (or near) the amount of Physical memory, something is indeed slowing it down (look at the PCU Usage section as well of course). Processes tab, click twice on Mem Usage column heading to see what's using all the memory (or CPU column for using the CPU). IME, the worst candidate _is_ Firefox (I use version 26 with some plugins), but only after using it a while; closing it and restarting it makes it release lots of memory. (Note that it takes quite a while to close, as seen by task manager; you'll see the memory usage drop when it eventually closes.) FWIW, I find the 2G (max. in this netbook) I have isn't often filled - usually only if I have had both Firefox and Chrome open for a long time. (Note that if Task Manager shows you _aren't_ getting close to your amount of actual RAM, then adding more _won't_ make any difference.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "This is a one line proof... if we start sufficiently far to the left." [Cambridge University Math Dept.] --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .