Chapter 6. Application Performance Primer
An efficient machine is only as fast as the operator using it is. In days gone by, users spent time waiting for their machines to complete tasks. The hardware wasn’t capable of performing even one task quickly, much less three or four. Today, even a low-end machine can perform several tasks quickly. In many cases, the machine waits for the user, not the other way around. To a certain extent, that’s how things should work. However, it also means that some machine resources go to waste. Making the user more efficient without adding stress is an important goal.
This chapter looks at some ways you can make yourself a little more efficient so that you can get the full benefit of using Windows XP as an operating ...
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