On Sun, 11 Jun 2017 10:01:39 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:


For entertainment value, I just timed my HP Pavilion Elite m9077c
desktop, running Win 7, quad core Q6600, 8GB RAM, Seagate 1TB drive.
Well, that was a monumental waste of time. I'm at 10 minutes and the
HD is furiously bashing away. I haven't had it on for about a week,
so it's catching up with updates, virus scans, disk maintenance
(defrag), backup to NAS, etc. All that usually takes about an hour.
Maybe I'll try again later. Remind me if I forget.

If you're letting all those updates occur, that is no comparison at all.
Shut off Updates, then check the timing. I never allow anything to
automatically update. That's just plain risky, not6 to mention those
updates always occur at the worst possible time. If I feel the need for
upgrades, I do it manually, when I want to.

I CONTROL MY COMPUTER, IT DONT CONTROL ME!