Hard Disk (C:) : 103.45GB (41.03GB, 40% Free Space) (NTFS) @ ST9120821AS 120GB (SATA150, 8MB Cache)Yeah, but the hard drive is a 5400RPM unit. That's standard issue speed for notebooks (you pay more to get 7200RPM), but it's not speedy enough to keep Vista being more of a pig than it already is. Unfortunately 10KRPM is unavailable in any notebook I've ever seen.
Make sure the Vista indexing features are turned off. Otherwise every disk operation is slower. Yeah, that's one of the features that differentiates Vista from XP (sort of), but it wasn't done right and so it's a pain to live with. Better to turn it off, IMO.
It’s off, as are all of the other “safety” features.
I can take care of my own security and file management *without* MS holding my hand.