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#29483 - 17/04/08 10:30 PM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Baldrick]
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3046
Loc: the path less trodden
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Good news! Forget Windows, the command line is back (maybe UNIX has been the answer, all along)! 
Edited by Geoff Hannis (17/04/08 10:32 PM)
Edit Reason: DOS!
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#29907 - 21/04/08 08:13 AM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Geoff Hannis]
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Eddie
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Registered: 21/02/02
Posts: 518
Loc: Jeddah
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I have gone back to XP, Vista is an annoying and complete rip! The Aero takes around 600-800 MByte of ram, disable this and turn off other graphic enhancements and guess what? You’re left with something that resembles XP only slower!
Ed
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#30014 - 22/04/08 10:11 PM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Eddie]
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Huw
Hero
Registered: 20/06/00
Posts: 1392
Loc: Essex
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The 'resource meter' hovers at around 40-50% when there are no programmes loaded on the only Vista machine here at ebme heights 
All the other PCs are Win XP and we even have a couple of Win Me boxes that happily putter along with their daily chores.
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#30017 - 23/04/08 05:15 AM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Huw]
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3046
Loc: the path less trodden
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At Hannis Hovels, on my old (twelve years old, in fact) and trusty (not to mention cheap) 16 MB "Pentium 1" (100 MHz) DOS machine (to where I still often retreat when some real "nuts and bolts" coding needs to be done), there is only ever one program loaded (not actually true, but you see what I mean)! And I won't even mention bloated file sizes (Huw)!
But, more to the point:-
1) I am always in command!
2) It never crashes!
3) Programs come up, ready to use, in milliseconds!
(there is a downside to all of that, of course ... there's less opportunity to put the kettle on)
Anyone else remember QEMM? Or TSR's (of which SideKick must be the outstanding example for all time)? Or, better yet, FreeDOS? (if you don't like the way a DOS command worked, you just wrote your own - in C, naturally)!
Edited by Geoff Hannis (23/04/08 05:48 AM)
Edit Reason: Time for tea!
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#30019 - 23/04/08 08:05 AM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Geoff Hannis]
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Eddie
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Registered: 21/02/02
Posts: 518
Loc: Jeddah
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Are you sure you want to delete this file? <yes>, are you really sure? <yes> are you definitely sure <YES>
Man its a good thing Microsoft don't design air-bags! Imagine it!
Ed
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#30021 - 23/04/08 08:24 AM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Eddie]
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3046
Loc: the path less trodden
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On that point, Eddie, I reckon that good (modern, if you like) software should be configurable (as I keep saying). So that we can have different levels of safety for the various levels of user (from the timid ... to the so-called "power user").
In fact, most of it already is extremely configurable, but the majority of users never stray too far from the default settings. What a waste (of the developer's time, if nothing else)!
Edited by Geoff Hannis (23/04/08 08:26 AM)
Edit Reason: Go configure!
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#30058 - 23/04/08 01:41 PM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Geoff Hannis]
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Eddie
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Registered: 21/02/02
Posts: 518
Loc: Jeddah
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Ahhh poor Mr Gates!
Ed
Edited by Eddie (23/04/08 01:42 PM)
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#30060 - 23/04/08 02:02 PM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Geoff Hannis]
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Jonathan Wells
Adept
Registered: 11/01/06
Posts: 91
Loc: Out in the sticks
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On that point, Eddie, I reckon that good (modern, if you like) software should be configurable (as I keep saying). So that we can have different levels of safety for the various levels of user (from the timid ... to the so-called "power user"). In fact, most of it already is extremely configurable, but the majority of users never stray too far from the default settings. What a waste (of the developer's time, if nothing else)!
Configurable software and OSes are all very well and good ( within limits )BUT in my experience configuration of Windows is difficult and awkward enough for even a technically minded person like myself ( multiple tickboxes in three different menus to change one thing and the need to poke around with the dreaded Registry  for some other things ) that I can understand why most people leave well alone.
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#30061 - 23/04/08 02:10 PM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Jonathan Wells]
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Geoff Hannis
Hero
Registered: 12/02/04
Posts: 3046
Loc: the path less trodden
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Agreed, Jon. But, as I have been known to say to equipment users, when on the receiving end of their displeasure at some unappealing aspect or other of a particular piece of kit:- "I didn't design the damned thing"!
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#30063 - 23/04/08 02:28 PM
Re: Windows 7 on the way...
[Re: Geoff Hannis]
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Eddie
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Registered: 21/02/02
Posts: 518
Loc: Jeddah
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On a serious note though, define what you actually want to use your PC for, then Google for tips and tricks. I use one machine primarily for recording multi-track music (DAW). I then turned off around 20 background services (not required) and managed to boost the performance of the system 10-fold!
Ed
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