NO excessive fan noise. I had the back off while changing disks and were pretty clean. Yes.. I could add temp monitoring to see if they are being throttled.
George > On Aug 20, 2020, at 11:11 PM, Raymond Wiker <rwi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It may be good idea to check the CPU temperature and the airflow inside the > computer - dust buildup may reduce airflow and cooling, which in turn may > cause CPU throttling. > >> On 21 Aug 2020, at 07:50, George Rachor via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >> I’ll check in the morning but believe the 2 machines are identical except >> for screen size. I’ll also check for the same version of Parallels. I >> assume since these are 2010 machines I could upgrade the Parallels to >> current. They are both running High Sierra. >> >> On startup the 17” <the slower one>. Takes a very long time to show the >> desktop icons. I have the feeling the problem isn’t Parallels as there is >> slowness in email and iTunes without Parallels being started up. >> >> >> George >> >> >>> On Aug 20, 2020, at 10:44 PM, Zane Healy <heal...@avanthar.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Aug 20, 2020, at 5:14 PM, George Rachor via cctalk >>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have 2 2010 macbook pro's. Each have 8GB of Ram and both have a 2 TB >>>> hybrid seagate hard drives. Running Windows via Parallels. 15 inch system >>>> have reasonable perfomance. 17 inch system just crawls running windows. >>>> With RAM maxed out what else should I be looking for? >>> >>> Do they have the same CPU’s, and the same version of Parallels? Might be >>> something with the Windows install on the one? >>> >>> Zane >>> >>> >> >
