Running from External HD

Driver_Col

Well-known member
Just a question of curiousity and general interest.

I am running Trainz TS12 on a Dell XPS720 which is pretty much dedicated to the job (other specs available if interested). I have tried over the years to run Trainz on a number of laptops and all had severe limitations however, I recently bought a Dell Inspiron 15R / 7520 for reasons other than Trainz. I also use an external HD as my backup from various pcs. After a recent disaster trying to upgrade TS12 from 49922, I decided it would be a good idea to have a duplicate instance of TS12 on the external HD.

What I was unprepared for was the Dell Inspiron Notebook did as good a job with TS12 (on the Ext HD) as the XPS720 did. In fact whereas the XPS720 occasionally crashes (Trainz has experienced a problem and needs to close), the Notebook has yet to crash. As my expertise is not in the technical side of IT, I am curious to know whether having Trainz on an external HD has any relevance.

Many thx for any thoughts. Regards. Colin.
 
I'd say it has probably more to do with the difference in installations, operating system, CPU, GPU, RAM, or combination of these. But that is just a guess...
 
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