[scribus] Speed and CPU

[John Beardmore]

Stefano Danzi wrote:
> John Beardmore ha scritto:
>> Stefano Danzi wrote:

>>> My experience tell me that problem is not CPU speed. In moders 
>>> systems the real bottle neck is hard disk speed....
>>
>> That may depend how much RAM you have. Disk doesn't seem to have much 
>> to do with it here.
>>
>>
>> Cheers, J/.
> 
> Wrong!!!!!
> I use Scribus under Windows XP and I've 3Gb of Ram and P4 2,4 Ghz... 
> Scribus was horribly slow. Using linux on same machine little better but 
> slow. I chaged hard disk and speed increase a lot!!

YMMV, but for me, scribus hardly seems to access the disks once it's up 
and running.  Granted I've got 4 gig, but it's not as if XP is even 
willing to use all of that.


Cheers, J/.
-- 
John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI
Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/
Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy
Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor
Phone: 0845 4561332   Mobile: 07785 563116   Skype: t4sustainability