Why is my T60p much slower than the X100e?

[Sleepless]

I would appreciate your expert opinion: Does it make sense for a T60p to run noticeably slower than the X100e?

Both machines run Windows 7 (32 bit) with the same application mix (Google Chrome, Skype, Dropbox, Office 2010).

The T60p takes much longer to boot, programs take longer to load, more hickups, etc. The X100e is quite snappy, on the other hand. I don't know if that makes a difference, but I am using the T60p with a docking station hooked up to two monitors. The X100e is used in standalone mode.

Here are the specs:

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          T60p                     X100e

OS        W7 Ultimate              W7 Home Premium
CPU       Core2 T7600 @ 2.33Ghz    AMD Athlon Neo X2 Dual Core L335 1.6GHz
RAM       2GB                      2GB (1.75GB usable)
Disk      640GB @ 5400rpm          160GB @ 5400rpm
Graphics  Mobility FireGL V5250    Radeon HD 3200

The Windows Experience Index (FWIW) apparently favors the T60p:

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Component   T60p    X100e

CPU         5.5     4.1
RAM         5.5     5.1
Graphics    4.3     3.4
Gaming      4.4     4.8
Hard disk   5.8     5.3

What could explain the slugginesh of the T60p? Thanks!

[Brian10161]

Perhaps broken drivers, other than that, not too sure. I have an HP notebook with the same processor in it and I find it's not all that powerful. Vista or 7 it has a fairly hard time with. My T60 with a Core Duo T2400 runs Vista/7 quite fast I found.

[underclocker]

Two possibilities that I can think of, 1) perhaps the T60p Win 7 install is older or has more apps installed, and 2) for sure the X100e is SATA II compatible and the T60p is only SATA I. Perhaps the Windows Experience score doesn't reflect that significant difference.

(My X100e seems plenty fast, too.)

[ThinkRob]

for sure the X100e is SATA II compatible and the T60p is only SATA I. Perhaps the Windows Experience score doesn't reflect that significant difference.

I'd be surprised if either drive's performance was good enough to expose that bottleneck.

My money's on software.