Re: JAWS and the Intel 3 Gig hyper threading processors
- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 21:55:26 -0700
Hi David,
Unfortunately, I must disagree with the bottleneck necessarily being with
JAWS. When I load PDF documents into Acrobat Reader or convert them using a
tool such as PDF Magic, the speed issue certainly goes way beyond the actual
use of JAWS to read the document...
When using Acrobat Reader, I do not set it up to deliver the document in
pages, as doing this provides an almost useless, unsearchable result.
Loading the document whole works much better, but this is an extremely
time-consuming process with large documents. In this situation, the more
memory and processing power you have, the faster this process is going to be
completed, and the more responsive Acrobat Reader and JAWS will be once the
document has loaded successfully.
Similar situations are found when converting PDF documents using PDF Magic.
This process takes much less time on my 2.8 GHz desktop than it does on my
1.4 GHz laptop processor.
Of course, the use of OCR applications such as K1000 or OpenBook will always
be improved with greater CPU speeds and larger amounts of RAM.
I can even tell a significant difference in overall performance between my
2.8 GHz (non-hyperthreaded) system and my girlfriend's 2.8 GHz
(hyperthreaded) system with otherwise similar configuration.
It makes a difference, folks, but, like anything else, it all depends on
what you're doing with your computer(s). If all you're doing is browsing
the web, checking your e-mail and doing some word processing, well, then,
no, it probably makes little or no difference. But, start doing things even
as basic for us as converting documents for greater accessibility, and, wow!
The differences become apparent...
Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications!
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: JAWS and the Intel 3 Gig hyper threading processors
> Darrell,
>
> This was discussed on the list a few weeks ago and it was determined that
> 2.5 is probably the fastest processor you need. I think as much ram as
you
> can get may be appropriate, but I have seen 2.4ghz systems with 512 mb of
> ram go like lightning through any jaws task thrown at them. The
bottleneck
> we have here is jaws. It can only do things so fast due to the fact that
it
> is aural.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: JAWS and the Intel 3 Gig hyper threading processors
>
>
> Hi David!
>
> I disagree! If he can get the extra CPU with plenty of RAM, then
absolutely
> go for it! You need as much memory and processing power as you can get,
> even for seemingly simple tasks such as converting and reading PDF
> documents.
>
> Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications!
> Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator!
> A+, CCNA, Network+!
> Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i
> All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Poehlman" <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: JAWS and the Intel 3 Gig hyper threading processors
>
>
> > Doug,
> >
> > The only problem you will have with this combo is that you will be in
good
> > shape after continuously running to keep up with it. Seriously, if it
wre
> > me and I wanted it just to use jaws on, I'd consider a less expensive
> > processor. You will want to make sure you have plenty of ram and it's
> > important to have fast ram for this processor.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Doug Lawlor" <dlawlor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 5:57 PM
> > Subject: JAWS and the Intel 3 Gig hyper threading processors
> >
> >
> > Hello list, Can JAWS 4.5 work with the 3 gig hyper threading processors
> > from Intel? Were considering getting a system based on an Aopen
> > motherboard with this processor. Anything I should watch out for? It has
> > been 3 years since I bought a new system.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Doug
> >
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