Hoster 4.32. Slow processor speed. Dell XPS 140 Laptop.

[memphisdave]

Just upgraded to Hoster 4.22? and now 4.32. Jumped from 3.316 to 4... versions. Did all the recommended turn offs/turn ons per the 'do this' instructions, etc. Believe 4.32 seems to have solved the momentary lyrics hang-up problem I kept having. What still occurs is the splash screen warning 'your processor is only .78ghz' or similar when launching Hoster 4.32.

Setup is an April 2006 Dell XPS 140 1.73ghz cpu, WinXP sp3 Media Version, 2gb ram, 50gb hdd about 90% full, and no other open programs running. I am aware of the need for 15-20% hdd free space and can/do use and external hdd, but I don't see how this would affect my processing speed, per se.... Same occurs on battery or plugged in power. Program will run fair well despite this 'warning' message. Playing of songs and lyrics seem to work normal. Have used it for a full show and fair extensive at home testing with no real problems since I upgrdd. Haven't used the backgrnd music function or the screen announcement features yet as I don't utilize them in my show for now.

I'm wondering... do the Dell/s have an 'idle' feature that I've got activated or similar, and it only spools up based on processor load? Something that causes Hoster when opening up to read a reduced processor speed? To be registering less than half of my indicated processor speed does bother me somewhat. Especially not knowing why for, etc.

Posted yesterday about the best choice between ATI or NVidia video cards in a new dual processor laptop I plan to purchase shortly after the Holiday period. Would really like to keep this old single processor laptop on hand as a backup, etc.

Any thoughts or ideas about this Hoster 'warning' and what I might can do for the single cpu laptop to extend it's usability?

Thanks to all and Merry Christmas!

Dave