Hi, I can only speak from experience (ie practice), without theoretical proof. I've been using .NET for 3 years now and it did not slow my system in any visible way.
If I were you, I would make an image of the HD before installing. If anything goes wrong, you can easily and CLEANLY "uninstall" by restoring the image. HTH, Gecko On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:20:41 -0500, Andy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi - > I've been using .NET for a couple years but just ran into an issue I'm not > sure about. I've got an multitrack audio editing workstation that is of > course extremely performance sensitive, and I don't put anything on the > machine that's not strictly necessary. I turn every service off that's not > critical (at the very least I set 'em to 'Manual'), and trim every feature > I can, like turning off CD auto-start, things like that, anything that's > polling or eating cycles. I'd like to put some utility apps of my own > creation on this machine (Windows Forms and Console apps) but I'm not > really sure how the innards of .NET really work, i.e. does the .NET > framework affect performance when not in use? Does it only impact the > system when I start my app? These apps are strictly maintenance apps and > would would not need to be run at the same time the audio > recording/editing is happening. I don't believe there's any service > that .NET is dependent upon, it's a set of DLLs from what I understand? > Does the CLR go completely away when I shut down my app? > > Just want to keep it as lean and mean as possible. Thanks ahead of time > for your help. > > Andy > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com > -- You're going to reap just what you sow. Dr Gecko Pointdexter - expert specialist =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor� http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
