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It has been widely reported via comp.os.os2.misc that installing IBM Works on top of OS/2 Warp can in some cases reduce system performance to a crawl. It would appear, however, that this overall system slowdown is hardware dependent, as not everyone using Works has encountered this problem. Since I had not heard whether Thinkpads as a group are afflicted by this malady, I decided to use my machine as the sacrificial lamb. Here are my observations... o System Performance - basically unchanged after installation of Works. The only noticeable effect was a slight increase in boot-up time. The machine was no less responsive than before, and there was no increase in swapper activity or in the size of the swapper file. o System Stability - no change from the pre-Works condition. o Runaway Processes - There has been some discussion about Works initiating runaway background processes which hog system resources and eventually bring the system to its knees. I did notice that the so called "Event Monitor" is started automatically upon startup of various utilities such as the PIM and calendar. This Event Monitor runs minimized, and as such is somewhat stealthy unless you're in the habit of periodically checking the task list. It didn't seem to hog resources or otherwise misbehave, and I'm not convinced of its inherent evilness. o General impression of Works - OK, but nothing special. About on par with what you'd expect out of a package of this type. o Bottom line - IBM Works seems to be well behaved, at least on my `Pad. (Keep in mind that I'm only running on 8MB of ram, too). Also, I am not currently using WIN-OS/2, so if the problem is somehow related to Windows support, I would have been spared as a result. Based on a huge sample size of one, I see no reason to avoid IBM Works for fear of performance degradation. Regards, _________________________________________________________________ Karl E. Yeanoplos | kyeanopl@den.mmc.com Martin Marietta Corp. | P.O. Box 179/M.S. 5451 | Compuserve: 73741,453 Denver, CO. 80201 |