[robg adds: In addition to Tinkertool, you could also use this hint to add a Quit option to the Finder's menu...]
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To get a real boost from Virtual PC 6, try downloading Tinkertool, and use it to Quit the Finder whilst running Virtual PC. I find it gives a great speed boost and makes the application actually usable, even on my tired Ti 400.
[robg adds: In addition to Tinkertool, you could also use this hint to add a Quit option to the Finder's menu...]
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Quit the Finder to give Virtual PC a speed boost
How can this be? On my Mac, the Finder doesn't use any CPU time if it doesn't do anything, so It won't speed up VPC if I quit it.
Quit the Finder to give Virtual PC a speed boost
Looking at both top and ProcessViewer, the Finder CPU usage is zero. How amazing, it's like that all the time. Therefore, there should be no speed increase.
Do it without TinkerTool
In Terminal run
Do it without TinkerTool
One could also put
tell app "Finder" to quit into a new Script Editor window, save it somewhere on your hard drive as an application, and place that in the Dock. One click quit Finder, no typing.
Quit the Finder to give Virtual PC a speed boost
You can also add a quit menu item to the finder by using the command line:
Quit the Finder to give Virtual PC a speed boost
The Finder doesn't normally use any CPU when idle, so this shouldn't make any difference (it doesn't on my machine), unless you're very strapped for RAM, in which case you might see some speed boost, as the system has to rely less on virtual memory.
Quit the Finder to give Virtual PC a speed boost
You guys aren't seeing the true potential of this hint. Here's what you do:
Quit the Finder to give Virtual PC a speed boost
If it weren't for the menu bar, you might have a good prank. :)
The Hard Drive, Of Course!
Tried the trick, didn't really notice any significant difference. Then got thinking about the influence of drive speed and restarted from an external LaCie D2 drive, on which Virtual PC already was. Turns out it makes all the difference. VPC is almost useable now on this iBook (Dual USB) 500MHz with 384MB RAM. Who'd have thought?
Quit the Finder to give Virtual PC a speed boost
Quitting Finder doesn't do anything to my Virtual PC whatsoever. Still slow as molasses. Filing this tip under urban legends.
Quit the Finder to give Virtual PC a speed boost
I have found that logging in as root and then run Virtual PC speeds it up the most (for me anyway). I guess it's because I'm not loading the 30 other things i usually have running in the background at start up. It helps with some games too. (but it could be just me) |
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