<p>Hi,</p><p>That's genuinely surprising as I used Windows XP on a 900Mhz PC with 256MB of RAM without it feeling slow. Strangely my 3Ghz PC at work doesn't seem any faster, but then I leave far more browser tabs open these days!<br>
</p><p>Is the 1.2Ghz PC intel based? If so make sure the Intel Application Accelerator is installed - it's made a huge difference for me in the past. Then again, if the virus scan is running that would probably cause quite a hit. I normally reschedule these to a time when I'm not trying to do anything with the computer.</p>
<p>It's been a while since I've used Mandriva (my first ever Linux distro). I remember the performance boost of Damn Small Linux over Windows 2000 on a 600Mhz notebook. </p><p>Kind regards</p><p>Tim</p>-- <br>Tim Smith<br>
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