I couldn't find the perfect place to ask so I posted this question under CPUs.
Please explain the extreme contrast in system performance between my 5 year old T42 ThinkPad and a new HP Pavillian G7 Notebook. The HP has twice the memory at 4Gig and a new Intel Mid-Range processor.
Performance Comparison for certain tasks:
The Thinkpad can restore a Windows 7 disk image from D: to C: in 15 minutes. Restoring the same size image on the HP takes 15 hours( actual true time)
I have a stock chart backtesting program. A specific backtest on the Thinkpad take 10 seconds. The same backtest on the HP takes about 8 minutes.
Both computers are clean new installs of Windows 7 though the ThinkPad is Win7 Pro and the HP is Win 7 home.
Just navigating the interface of the HP is slooow. We actually have two of these for some kids and they both act the same way.
Some people have told me that consumer computers are just crap, whereas the ThinkPad T series has always been a business product. But the differences are so extreme.
The HP's show better with the Passmark Performance Test in every catagory . . Disk, Processor, Video, Memory but they are painfully slow in actual use.
Please explain the extreme contrast in system performance between my 5 year old T42 ThinkPad and a new HP Pavillian G7 Notebook. The HP has twice the memory at 4Gig and a new Intel Mid-Range processor.
Performance Comparison for certain tasks:
The Thinkpad can restore a Windows 7 disk image from D: to C: in 15 minutes. Restoring the same size image on the HP takes 15 hours( actual true time)
I have a stock chart backtesting program. A specific backtest on the Thinkpad take 10 seconds. The same backtest on the HP takes about 8 minutes.
Both computers are clean new installs of Windows 7 though the ThinkPad is Win7 Pro and the HP is Win 7 home.
Just navigating the interface of the HP is slooow. We actually have two of these for some kids and they both act the same way.
Some people have told me that consumer computers are just crap, whereas the ThinkPad T series has always been a business product. But the differences are so extreme.
The HP's show better with the Passmark Performance Test in every catagory . . Disk, Processor, Video, Memory but they are painfully slow in actual use.