I wanted to put this together to give people a general idea of how many processes you can expect to have running before and after the clean install. Also to give an idea about temperatures and benchmarking.
It takes approximately 50 seconds to power-up my laptop. That's 50 seconds from the time I hit the power button until I see the desktop. It usually takes about 20 seconds to power down.
Windows Experience Index
Task Manager
After powering up and allowing my laptop to idle for about 5 minutes I have 59 processes. Please note, this includes 3 processes for Bluetooth, 1 for WUSB, 1 for Adobe Acrobat, and 1 for NOD 32 and I have all of my "must have applications" installed. There is no reason why
most anyone should have more than about 60 processes running at idle with Vista Ultimate. Prior to the clean install there were 90+ processes running.
PCMark05
I am not overly concerned about benchmarking, but this result looks very respectable. I also wanted to run PCMark05 a few times to stress the system a little. No errors occurred during multiple runs of PCMark05.
HDTune
The Hitachi 200GB 7K200 is a very fast and quiet HDD. I honestly don't know much about these numbers other than they are on-par with other 7K200 drives I have seen. I also scanned for errors. No errors were found.
Memtest86+
I ran memtest86+ for 8 hours without any errors. I'd say I got some good RAM thanks to OCZ.
CPU Stress Testing and Temperatures
Temperatures: 37C-40C at idle; 68C-71C with both cores maxed out to 100% full load. This is done by running two applications of Prime 95 simultaneously while having the affinity for one application of Prime95 set for one core and having the affinity for the other application of Prime95 set for the other core. I ran the "Torture Test" for 1 hour with no errors and never saw a temp above 71C while the ambient room temp was 23C (74F). This temp may look high to some people. This would be too high for a desktop system. This is a very respectable temp in the laptop world. The T7500 is rated at a max temp of 100C. The T61 cooling system is working very nicely considering this very heavy load.
Mini Review: Pelican 1490CC#1 Deluxe Waterproof/Crushproof Case
I hoped this case would fit the T61 15.4" w/ 9-cell battery. Unfortunately, it was too tight of a fit. However...
This case is a marriage made in heaven for a T61 15.4" with 6-cell battery!!!
My new home for the 9-cell battery. It sits nicely in the compartment under the laptop. The "pick and pluck" foam makes it easy to get a perfect fit. I think my PSP is going on the right side!
T61 sits flush with the top of the bottom compartment.
I love this case!!!
This thing is water-proof and crush-proof!!! I think it is a very nice looking case considering it is built like a tank (just like the T61). It's like a tank protecting a tank!
If anyone is interested in this case, you should read the more thorough review by Kevin here:
Pelican 1490 Deluxe Waterproof Notebook Case and Organizer Review
It's a great review. It just lacks pics with a Thinkpad sitting inside it!