You know, we notice this too. Well let me put this in context. I was provided with a test machine (a Pentium IV 2.0Ghz with 1GB ram on Windows XP Pro) that should mimic what is installed on the user machine on the factory floor. It it got a lot of stuff there like a smorgasborg of IM's (yahoo messenger, windows messenger, microsoft office communicator, etc) and of course the MS-Office package which also includes MS-Project and MS-Visio. Then we started putting in the warehousing systems, the packaging/finished goods softwares, mapping softwares, planning softwares, and the list goes on. Oh, almost forgot the anti-viruses, anti-malware and a lot of security stuff. After a while, booting the machine would mean you'll have some time to make coffee before you can logon. Which eventually lead to reinstalling the PC every few months.
Last year, I don't remember why I did it, I formatted the machine to Ubuntu Linux then VM'ed Windows XP on it. Since then, the only time I formatted the VM'ed machine was when I migrated to VirtualBox. Snapshots are COOL!!! So going back, with this setup, windows does performs better. No measurable metrics do ... just going with the feeling. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Björn Helgason Sent: Thu 9/4/2008 11:51 PM To: Chat forum Subject: Re: [Jchat] Re: [Jgeneral] Google's Chrome for processors My experience is that running Windows on top of Linux/VM will give a better performance than running Windows native on the machine. I installed Windows 2003/Exchange first native on a machine with 3000 mail users. Then I put Linux/VM on the machine and the the same Windows 2003/Exchange first native on a machine with 3000 mail users on top of it and it was much easier to manage and ran much better. 2008/9/4 Don Guinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Swapping is horrible in Windows! . . . > > > > > > > > You can address this flaw using > > Computer->Properties... > > Advanced system settings > > [Advanced tab, Performance] Settings... > > [Advanced tab, Virtual memory] Change... > > Custom size (radio button) > > Set the initial size to be sufficiently large. > > > > It's a good thing that their user interface is so useful and informative. > > > When I get a new computer I first turn off swap, delete the swap file and > create a new swap file with sufficient space so the swap file will not be > fragmented. But the problem I am concerned about is when real memory is > overloaded. I liked a system which wrote pages which had not been > referenced > for a while to the swap file at low priority. Then if more real memory is > needed all that is necessary is to mark the virtual page as invalid; > however, if the application references the virtual page before more real > memory is needed, it is not necessary to read the virtual page back in. I > don't think that Windows does this. It seems to wait until it needs more > real memory before it writes pages to the swap file. > > > > > > > > But the real problem that Chrome still does not address is that no one > is > > > really addressing the problem of software installations. It looks like > > > Google touches on it but doesn't solve it. When a new software package > is > > > installed a cryptic message pops up in a box which the documentation > > tells > > > you to ignore and reply "allow". Until an operating system is defined > > which > > > does not allow any modifications to it even for device drivers, which > at > > the > > > level it can do anything added software will always be able to add its > > hooks > > > and do who knows what. > > > > I would think that Installing software on the underlying OS is an > > underlying OS issue. > > > I agree. What bothered me was that the cartoon strip implied that Chrome > addresses this issue. It can't. > > > > > > > -- > > Raul > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsundi 23, Hraunborgum Po Box 127,801 Selfoss , t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) `. )----' (")_(")
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