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maximage
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Apr 5, 2002, 01:20 AM
 
Ok, hows the quickest and easiest ways to maximize performance on my DP800. I have 1xIBM 7200 IDE Drive as master, the stock Apple (WD?) 7200 IDE as slave, 1536MB Ram, SuperDrive, GeForce2MX TwinView.....etc. IM talking about settings such as HD Cache (which Apple suggests 8MB max, but you can override to 32MB), etc. What are some tweaks that are free and have the best performance hit?
     
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Apr 5, 2002, 04:05 PM
 
The main thing for free I can think of is going through your system folder, and disabling extensions/control panels that you dont need. I always disable the find by content stuff, and have virtual memory turned off as a start. Using a disk utility to defrag your drives also can help a lot.
     
   
 
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