I know there have been many messages about slowness before, but:
I have a laptop with a QUAD Intel cpu, a Lenovo. It is running Win10, 64 bits wide. The IDE is very slow to build, taking many minutes, even after it has already built the same sketch, without any changes.
I also have a laptop which is running a DUAL-core Intel CPU 64 bits wide. It also runs Win10. The amount of difference in building a sketch is frightening. The older, smaller CPU builds lightning fast. Same sketch.
This is an older Lenovo T61. The QUAD is a W510.
Any reason anyone can think of for this? I hesitate to post a complete snapshot of each machine, but if anyone thinks it would be useful, I will.
The older machine is running AVG antivirus. The newer one has twice as much memory and is only running the Windows Defender and Spybot.
Any ideas?
The T61:
Summary
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo T7300 @ 2.00GHz 51 °C
Merom 65nm Technology
RAM
3.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 332MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard
LENOVO 64584UU (None)
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1680x1050@60Hz)
128MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M (Lenovo) 59 °C
Storage
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB ATA Device (SSD) 36 °C
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
High Definition Audio Device
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Computer type: Tablet
Installation Date: 7/15/2016 7:46:53 PM
Serial Number: TY4CG-JDJH7-VJ2WF-DY4X9-HCFC6
Windows Security Center
User Account Control (UAC) Enabled
Notify level 2 - Default
Windows Update
AutoUpdate Not configured
Windows Defender
Windows Defender Disabled
Firewall
Firewall Enabled
Display Name AVG update module
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Antivirus Disabled
Virus Signature Database Up to date
AVG AntiVirus Free Edition
Antivirus Enabled
Virus Signature Database Up to date
.NET Frameworks installed
v4.6 Full
v4.6 Client
Internet Explorer
Version 11.494.10586.0
PowerShell
Version 5.0.10586.0
The W510:
Summary
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 720QM @ 1.60GHz 50 °C
Clarksfield 45nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
LENOVO 4391BZ2 (None) 51 °C
Graphics
Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)
1024MB NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M (Lenovo) 44 °C
Storage
232GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (SSD) 37 °C
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
Conexant 20585 SmartAudio HD
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Computer type: Notebook
Installation Date: 8/11/2016 3:34:53 AM
Windows Security Center
User Account Control (UAC) Disabled
Firewall Enabled
Windows Update
AutoUpdate Not configured
Windows Defender
Windows Defender Enabled
Antivirus
Windows Defender
Antivirus Enabled
Virus Signature Database Up to date
Spybot - Search and Destroy
Antivirus Disabled
Virus Signature Database Up to date
.NET Frameworks installed
v4.6 Full
v4.6 Client
v3.5 SP1
v3.0 SP2
v2.0 SP2
Internet Explorer
Version 11.447.14393.0
PowerShell
Version 5.1.14393.0
Java
Java Runtime Environment
Path C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_101\bin\java.exe
Version 8.0
Update 101
Build 13