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    What does ePerformance do, anyway?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by TehSuigi, Dec 25, 2007.

  1. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    I've been wondering exactly how much it helps.
    I've removed ePower and most of the Empowering tools because they're either slow or not useful, but I have no idea if removing ePerformance will actually slow down my computer or not.

    Any help?
     
    TehSuigi, Dec 25, 2007
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  2. deltafx1942

    deltafx1942 Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    i've uninstalled everything. ePorformance does help booting up a little faster, but uninstalling won't drastically increase your time. Overall, there wasn't a signigicant performance decrease, in fact, i can say it sped things up (less memory usage, less processes, etc.)

    I don't regret uninstalling the whole e suite.
     
    deltafx1942, Dec 25, 2007
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  3. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    get shot of the load of junk mate.
    as delta said above,its a memory hog and a pain in the A***.
     
    hoggie, Dec 26, 2007
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Yes Uninstall that crap EEEEEEEEEEEE
     
    bigspin, Dec 26, 2007
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  5. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Okie-doke. I'll do a system restore point first, just to be safe.
    On a bit of a tangent, are any OEM's software actually decent?
     
    TehSuigi, Dec 26, 2007
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    camvan Notebook Evangelist

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    I've read that using the particularly branded power management software is usually a lot more efficient and successful then using the default Windows solution. wouldn't it be wise to keep the Acer ePower or whatever?
     
    camvan, Dec 27, 2007
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  7. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    why do you need it ?
    all it is is a posh front end for a utility windows already has.it uses loads of memory which vista needs for its new prefetch file system.so you need as much free ram as you can get.
     
    hoggie, Dec 27, 2007
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