New W500 memory question

[TxHaz]

Hey everyone, new to this board. I just received my new W500 about a month ago and so far the boot up speed and performance hasn't been what I had hoped. I ordered it with XP Pro and the turbo memory option (SBB INT.TURBOMEMORY1.6 2GB) along with 3 gig of ram but I have no idea how this turbo memory works and if I need to so something to tweak it. Additionally, I noticed inside the battery case a slot where it appears an SD card of some type can be added. What is this for and can it be used to help increase performance. Any help would be appreciated. Additionally, all the software that comes on this machine from Lenovo seems to be adding to the performance problems, any issues if I go into msconfig and choose not to start them on bootup.

Thanks in advance

[awolfe63]

Turbo memory is not supported under XP.

[TxHaz]

Turbo memory is not supported under XP.

Sure would have been nice if Lenovo let you know that when you order. Oh well.

You have any idea about the little card slot in the battery area that appears to accept an SD card or something?

[awolfe63]

SIM card for WAN.

[bojangles]

My w500 is slow too....
My 5 year old P-IV runs XP faster than this new machine..

[Marin85]

All the Lenovo preloaded software is the main reason why your machines feel so slow. Guys, if you want to get the optimal performance from your machines, consider a clean install of your preferred OS

Cheers,

Marin

[bojangles]

it is hard to get a copy of the OS from lenovo.... how and where do you want us to find an OS ? buy another? kinda hard when I just spent thousands on the new machine already

[Marin85]

it is hard to get a copy of the OS from lenovo.... how and where do you want us to find an OS ? buy another? kinda hard when I just spent thousands on the new machine already

From Lenovo one can get only their windows image, so the result would be the same. You may not have to buy another license, but you will definitely need an (original) installation media.

[bojangles]

yes the windows product key is on a sticker on the bottom of my W500.

Questions is where to get a clean copy of Vista ?

[Marin85]

yes the windows product key is on a sticker on the bottom of my W500.

Questions is where to get a clean copy of Vista ?

In U.S. you can buy Vista installation media for about 5$ (at the price of the media only). As for the key on the COA sticker on the bottom of your ThinkPad, I would highly recommend you reading this thread (sorry for the yellow markings ).

Marin