After having increased my RAM to 2 MB on my old Toshiba Satellite A30 I
can now easily use Win XP SP3, but the applications have not really
accelerated. - To the contrary the cooler fan runs all the time and
makes noise. -

Is there any benchmark test which allows to compare the speed of my
applications with standards so that I can see whether my subjective
impression of slowness is justified compared to normal speed ?

-ft

Application start times won't show a significant improvement with a
memory increase. Toshiba notebooks tend to have drives that get
very warm ( near 130-F limit ). Adding memory shouldn't cause the
fans to run unless the newly added RAM is raising the internal temp.
You might want to download/install SpeedFan 4.37 and use it to
monitor your system temps.
http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
One thing that helps application start times is the layout.Ini that XP
uses to place certain drivers and frequently used apps to the start
of your XP volume during a defrag. 3rd-Party defrag tools such as
Perfect Disk 2008 also employ file placement. If you haven't done
a full system defrag in a while you should do this to help load times.

"nospam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> After having increased my RAM to 2 MB on my old Toshiba Satellite A30 I
> can now easily use Win XP SP3, but the applications have not really
> accelerated. - To the contrary the cooler fan runs all the time and makes
> noise. -
>
> Is there any benchmark test which allows to compare the speed of my
> applications with standards so that I can see whether my subjective
> impression of slowness is justified compared to normal speed ?
>
> -ft

Your applications? You would need to time them yourself, before and
after the installation of the RAM.

nospam wrote:

> After having increased my RAM to 2 MB on my old Toshiba Satellite A30 I
> can now easily use Win XP SP3, but the applications have not really
> accelerated. - To the contrary the cooler fan runs all the time and
> makes noise. -
>
> Is there any benchmark test which allows to compare the speed of my
> applications with standards so that I can see whether my subjective
> impression of slowness is justified compared to normal speed ?
>
> -ft