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I found the following exchange in the list archives. I'm wondering if 1) The increased speed did indeed help at Greenwich Library, and 2) If anyone else has any thoughts on this topic. I didn't find many replies in the archives. We're wondering if upgrading our staff machines would help much with problems like slow opening of the Millennium client. We're already using Pentium III processors with 512 MB RAM, but Millennium takes at least two minutes to open, even on machines that use the module being opened every day, and it slows all other applications being used down significantly in the process.
A faster processor may help a bit, but that's probably not your problem.
Various communications bottlenecks within the computer, other software
or configuration issues, and network performance typically influence
speed much more than the processor.
What other kinds of software are running on these machines? System and
licensing monitoring, antivirus, spyware (normally attached to some
popular utility), and other software could be gumming things up. Eye
pleasing graphics, animations, overworked firewalls, and busy servers
can also slow things down.
kyle
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Oregon State Library
250 Winter ST
Salem, OR 97301-3950
(503)378-4243 ext. 260
kyle dot banerjee at state dot or dot us
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