I just turned off Aero and switched to the "Vista Basic" interface.
FoxBench scores went from 348 to 384, so it's only 19% slower now. Sigh. -Kevin CULLY Technologies, LLC Kevin Cully wrote: > I guess my main problem is in the speed it runs VFP. > > XP Pro Dell 8200 Desktop P4 2.4GHz, 512M RAM from 2002 has a FoxBench > score of 476 > > 64bit Vista Home Premium Dell Studio 17 laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo P8400, > 2.2GHz, 4G RAM, 1066Mhz, 3M L2 Cache has a FoxBench score of 348. > > 27% slower on a new machine compared to a machine that I've been beating > up for 6 years? Sure there's the laptop vs desktop thing and the speed > of the HD might be a factor (haven't checked really) but it really > surprised me, and yes, I'm a little pissed off about it. > > I'm going to try turning off Aero and see if that helps with the > benchmark scores. > > -Kevin > CULLY Technologies, LLC > > > Stephen Russell wrote: >> I read a lot of statements that Vista sucks here and it put me off in >> trying it. I found that it is better than XP for my daily use. But >> enough about me. >> >> What are you real problems with Vista? >> >> Requires new hardware? >> >> Security is over protective? >> >> Display is to pretty, It consumes to much CPU? >> >> My install setups no longer work? >> >> There is a different layout in vista and I don't like it? >> >> >> > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
