SPEED OF SYSTEM

[tecmobility]

I wonder if someone can help me to understand if the speed has improved with the last update.

Actually I have a mobile PC with an Intel Centrino dual core 1.2 GHZ and 1 GB of RAm running XP pro service pack 3.

My experience with Act 10 and 11 was not so positive due to the fact that ii found  act quite slow (mainly in comparison to outlook). Has it improved?

i am just asking because I have not yet reinstalled it and I would like to get some suggestion before installing it again.

Thank you in advance. 

[Roy_Laudenslager]

What is the hard drive speed in RPM? For the best performance, ACT! needs a fast hard drive.

[tecmobility]

I have a 60-GB, 4200-rpm

[Roy_Laudenslager]

A hard drive speed of 7200 RPM is the preferred speed, 5400 RPM is acceptable but 4200 RPM will definitely cause performance problems.

[tecmobility]

Considering that this is the Pc that my company is providing to me, what would you suggest me to do ?

 Is there a way to ameliorate the performance?

[Roy_Laudenslager]

Short of replacing the hard drive with a faster one, no. The ACT! program is an I/O bound program by the nature of its fundamental design. Graphics programs tend to be compute bound and database programs, especially relational ones, tend to I/O bound.

[tecmobility]

Ok. thanks for the support