Chapter 14

Performance and power management

“I feel the need, the need for speed.” That was the memorable line uttered by Tom Cruise’s character, Lieutenant Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, in the movie Top Gun. It’s also the guiding principle for many longtime Windows aficionados.

It’s true that raw speed can improve your productivity, especially for activities like editing and converting massive video files, which can take minutes on a high-powered workstation but can drag on for an hour or more ...

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