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Has microsoft done anything good for the computer industry?
worker201:
Personally, I have found that Windows has a somewhat magical ability to expand into whatever resources it has available. I don't know how it does this. I have XPpro at work, and a 2.4GHz P4 with 1.5GB RAM. And somehow, it manages to be really unable to deal with PostScript files above 200MB.
My co-worker's laptop is an Athlon XP-11 Mobile with 512MB RAM. We timed how long it would take Adobe Illustrator 10 to open a 150MB PostScript file. 1.4 minutes on the laptop, 1.3 minutes on the desktop. Considering that every single hardware aspect of the desktop is superior, and the computers both run the same OS and same programs, you have to kind of wonder what the fuck Windows is doing.
This same desktop computer, with Linux booted, can crunch numbers, recode video, play a movie, and run gaim, firefox, and gimp all at the same time, with no significant slowdown.
Need I say more?
187nimd4:
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---I asked you how do YOU reduce your Windows installation's RAM usage
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You are not alone here, I also wondered how is it that you (he) can have XP not use up so much ram, but I think it not possible, at least not without crippling it ..
.. worker201 that's one funny ass post you just made; I got the same thing a while back, doing graphics with a medium system and with a 3.06 DDR, etc. system and there were no visible inprovements to the better system, fucked up :/
dmcfarland:
I have a P3 550MHZ 384 MEG, 64 MEG vid card. Im running fc 4 w/kde. My computer works just fine on Linux. I can compile a number of programs in separated terminal sessions, etc.
BTW this post is supposed to be disscussing if microsoft did anything good for the it industry.:thumbup:
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: Refalm ---That rule is there to prevent this forum from turning into a Microsoft helpdesk, loosen up :)
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Very well then, I suppose this post isn't too bad anyway because I'm recommending some alternatives to Microsoft products. ;)
Firstly, the crappy OEM install came with MS Works, AGV anti-virus and possible some other crap bundled with it I made sure that things were going to be a lot differant when I set thing it up. I partitioned and formatted my hard disk using Knoppix so I could create and one big NTFS and some Linux and large FAT32 partitions.
I did a default Windows XP install, then I disabled: the silly luna theme, Windows secutity alert, automatic updates, the crash reporting, auto reboot on crash, MSN messenger and insecure remote access services (if any were running I can't remember now). I set up all of the user accounts with restricted privileges and to show all file extentions to help gaurd against any infection by fire wall breaches or suspicious downloads.
To keep things fast and light I didn't install any 3rd party security products. Alright I did install AVG awhile ago after Google told me I might have a virus. I shouldn't have panicked (no viruses were found) it was just an ad so I promptly uninstalled AVG and searched for any traces in the registry and services.msc, fortunately there wern't any (I've had bad experiances with software leaving stuff behind after you uninstall it).
I chose the software very carefully; I ditched IE for Opera and Firefox and disabled Active X in IE (just incase I need it for IE only sites), I removed Outlook Express and replaced it with Thunderbird. All the other software installed is either open source or is produced by a reputable company - no crappy spy/add/shareware here. I do use p2p but again I stear clear of Kazaa, Imesh and all the other shit, I use Gnutella and BitTorrant and I don't download any .exes.
My system still runs very smoothly, it's been over 6 months and I haven't noticed any significant increase in resource useage, nothing I wouldn't expect anyway (I have installed an ext file system driver and set up a USB network for my brother's laptop) so some increase in memory useage is to expected. I hate using the PCs at work and college they're so slow and unresponsive, they make me realize why Windows has such a bad reputation where memory usage and security are concerned.
H_TeXMeX_H:
--- Quote from: dmcfarland ---I have a P3 550MHZ 384 MEG, 64 MEG vid card. Im running fc 4 w/kde. My computer works just fine on Linux. I can compile a number of programs in separated terminal sessions, etc.
BTW this post is supposed to be disscussing if microsoft did anything good for the it industry.:thumbup:
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True ... but do we ever stick to the what the thread is about ? It gets boring after a while ... so we gotta change the subject some.
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