Subj : Re: Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... To : All From : james@nospam.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:25 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: james@nospam.com Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Since we're talking about Lenovo Thinkpads...... Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 17:51:24 -0600 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 88 Message-ID: References: <2g3d6mUuocDaFwPs@soft255.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: TKghX/mglWkVW1qxlGBsyg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134600 On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 17:26:06 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: >In message , >james@nospam.com writes: >>On Wed, 15 Nov 2017 23:43:53 -0600, Paul in Houston TX >> wrote: >> >>>james@nospam.com wrote: >> >>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 have what I need. Nuff said.... >> >>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. Yea, that has always puzzled me. For example, I have Paint Shop Pro 3.12, and I have both the 16 bit and the 32 bit installed. (plus some newer versions) on my Win98 machine. THe reason is because the 16 bit does a quick and easy screen capture, whereas the 32 bit shows the numbers for the capture size of the graphic on top of the graphic, and often saves the graphic with these numbers IN the graphic..... WEIRD. So I use the 16 bit to capture the graphic, save it (using an 8+3 filename. Then switch toi a newer version of PSP to do my editing. >> >>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.) OK, I will look at that. I also have a small file that gives all kinds of info about any computer. I dont think I have that installed on my laptop though. > >>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.) The problem is Firefox. I never have that problem with any other programs. It seems like FF just starts to overload the longer I use it. Clearing the cache helps, but shutting down FF helps more. And I dont have many many plugins. Just a few to save videos from youtube. Thats a bout all. I have 3 of those because some wont work on certain videos, so I use another one, which usually does. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .