Why to Baseline your Vista PC

Vista uses a much larger amount of the CPU and Memory. Baselining will allow you to see the normal operating status of your computer.

To give you an example; I am a user on a Vista PC. My "computer" begins to slow down, the time to change from one program to another is increased and as I type in my word processor program I can type faster than the screen can display it.
A performance issue we have with my "computer". If I had previously created a baseline, then I would be able to look at current operating status of my "computer" and find what the disturbances are that are causing this bottleneck by comparing the current "slowed" status to the past "normal" status. By doing this I can look recognize a problem and find a solution.

What you want to look for when creating a baseline are these 3 factors: CPU performance, RAM/Memory performance, and Physical Disk/Hard Disk performance.

Using my PC you will see a good baseline

By accessing The Reliability and Performance Monitor we can see a live current view of what is happening to our "computer" at current. As you look in the left pane and open the monitoring Tools below the Reliability and Performance Monitor click on Performance Monitor. In the Center Pane now click on the green plus at the top of the screen and an counter. By doing this you will be able to have a good look at really what level your computer is performing at and by this you will create a good baseline.

We are going to track these three in our counter:

% Processor Time

Disk Read Byte/sec

Memory: Available Mbytes

Tracking

REFLECTION:
To baseline a computer is as an athlete having performance check-ups before switchin to a new training plan.

I have learned that if I had known the information on the imortance of and how to baseline my friend's computer would not have the perdicament it has now.

To baseline a computer is to your own ability and equipment before embarking to climb a mountain.