Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 14:19:14 -0600 From: "Scott T. Hildreth" <shildreth@allantgroup.com> To: euroABITOFJUNK@i.com.ua Cc: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What type of hardware are you using? Message-ID: <1137615554.11930.256.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <1137592323.916.2.camel@localhost> References: <20060112120030.4D79C16A41F@hub.freebsd.org> <1137592323.916.2.camel@localhost>
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On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 14:52 +0100, Eugene Rogoza wrote: > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:53:53 -0600 > > From: "Scott T. Hildreth" <shildreth@allantgroup.com> > > Subject: What type of hardware are you using? > > To: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> > > Message-ID: <1136994833.11930.62.camel@scotth.emsphone.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > At home, my machine is a 1 GHZ, with 768 mb of memory. I use xfce4, > > evolution, firefox, gnome-office, ...etc. It seems that with every > > upgrade, the 1GHZ cpu is not enough power anymore. I use evolution > > at work, but I am trying Thunderbird at home now. The new evolution > > is too slow on my home server. Thunderbird is better (less cpu > > intensive), but not snappy by any means. Plus I miss some of the > > features of Evolution, but this is straying from my question. Has > > anyone else noticed this issue or is everyone else running on faster > > processors? > > > > Thanks, > > STH > > -- > > Scott T. Hildreth <shildreth@allantgroup.com> > > > > Hi, > > I am using Dell Inspiron 700m laptop > (http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/entnb_700m?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn) > > Intel Pentium-M Dothan 2.00 GHz > 512 MB RAM > Intel i810 video > 80GB harddisk > > I have both FreeBSD 6.0/GNOME 2.12 and Windows XP on the same machine. > Should say that Windows works way faster. > > On FreeBSD the heavy things are: > > Evolution (very heavy, especially with spamd) I was trying Thunderbird and noticed that the spam filter seemed much faster. I need evolution at work, for the calendar feature (accepting and setting up meetings). I am currently running 2.2.2 which is quite zippy on the poweredge I have at my desk. I upgraded my box at home with the latest Evolution & a 2.93 GHz processor, much faster on the new processor but still is a little slow. > GNOME start menu (it is being "calculated" from .desktop-files, thank > god just once) I use Xfce, so I haven't had to deal with this. > Nautilus (although I have all the previews switched off) > > Firefox works tolerably (I would say a bit slower than IE in WinXP). I've never had a problem with Firefox, even on my 1 GHz machine. > > Eugene > > -- Scott T. Hildreth <shildreth@allantgroup.com>
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