I have a PC; my wife has a mac. My pc (Gateway tablet) is new; her mac i-book is almost 2 years old. We have a wireless network at home, and her mac is about 10x faster than my pc. Also, if my powercord is not plugged in and I am running on battery power, my pc is even slower.
Is there anything I can do (short of scrapping the Gateway) to speed up my connection? Also, why is my pc so much slower when running on battery power, and can I fix that?
2006-10-03 04:55:40 · 4 answers · asked by reed 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Are you running on an ADSL? Have you been running Ad-Aware,Spy-bot Search and Destroy, Windows Defender, and AVG Antivirus (all free downloads) on the Gateway? How much memory does the Gateway have compared to the Mac? What speed is your router, 11Mbs, 54Mbs, or 108Mbs? Have you "defragged" the Gateway (My Computer,right tic on Local Disk (C:\), tic Tools Tab, tic Defrgmentation Button)? What speed is your laptop's adapter? If it is a 802.11b (11Mbs), it will operate at a slower speed that a 802.11g (54Mbs), or a "super G" which operates at 108Mbs.
2006-10-03 05:38:30 · answer #1 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is the frequency bus of your pc while on battery mode, higher the frequency means higher the current & voltage being consumed and if on battery mode and it performs like in plug-in mode would lead to faster battery drain...
2006-10-03 05:02:25 · answer #2 · answered by JarmenKell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may been a better wireless card or usb adpator.
your pc will run with less performance if it is usign a battery because less power will be used via a battery.
2006-10-03 05:01:18 · answer #3 · answered by UKDealsBox.com 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
upgrade your internet service
2006-10-03 04:58:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋