Will adding another account show any loss in performance?

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will turing on the gust account show any loss in performance? alot of people use my laptop and I was thinking about turing on the guest account, but I don't want to lose any performance.
 
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No.

In fact, it may well run better, since people won't be able to screw things up.
 
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The only way it would cause a performance hit is if you left two accounts running simultaneously with applications open. Simply having the account on your hard drive will not affect performance at all.
 
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okay thanks for the help guys! :D
 

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