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    4200 rpm vs. 5400 rpm

    Discussion in 'HP' started by maximaboy1, Apr 25, 2005.

  1. maximaboy1

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    I was using a ZV6005 as Fry's electronics and the computer seemed pretty slow. It was running a 100gb 4200 RPM hard drive. I ordered an 80 gb 5400 rpm ZV6000. Should I see a "big" performance increase in my ZV6000?
     
    maximaboy1, Apr 25, 2005
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by maximaboy1
     
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    i dont understand why it would be slow.. is it b/c hp puts so much crap on it?
     
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    I must be going crazy....everyone who has used the ZV5000Z and ZV6000 say it's fast...but I see a very noticeable lag when compared to the ZX5000, DV1000/4000....Summary: The A64's are laggy/"slower" than the Intel P4/Centrinos (including ones that should be slower than the 3200...like the P4 3.0, Centrino 1.5)
     
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    how are you experiencing lag on a 3200+ or more processor in windows??? p4 or athlon64 i dont think you should even have lag [ :p]

    or are you gaming or something??
     
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    I think it's anecdotal. Chances are the machine you were using was loaded with so much software and crap in the background. My mom's eMachine runs XP Home on a Celeron D 2.53 GHz and used to run slow until I disabled a lot of garbage like AIM from loading at startup. Runs much better now.

    Did it have just the 256mb ram that comes standard with the machine? That's kinda low for XP too.

    On the way....
    HP Pavillion zv6000
    AMD Sempron 3000+ 1.8GHZ
    512 Mb (2x256)
    128 Mb ATI 200M
    DVD/CDR combo/40 GB 4200 rpm
    Win XP Home / 8 cell batt

    Current beater: iBook 600 Mhz G3/ 384 MB / 15 GB HD / 8 MB vRam
     
    calyxman, Apr 27, 2005
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