Vista was a bad release of Windows and never seemed stable. On top of that if it has been on the internet and not installed recently, my guess is that why it drags (jacked up) which might make Win10 look like it runs better. There are also 32 bit versions of Win7 & Vista vs 64bit versions designed to take advantage of the faster processors. Each version of Windows seems to require more hardware (memory, processors, etc). For example if you take a WinXp computer and put Windows7 on it using the same hardware, WinXP will run much faster because it requires less resources. So when you load Win10 on existing hardware, assuming both are fresh installs (not a junked up 7 or Vista) its not likely to run as well on same hardware. Honestly, I think each release of Windows, Microsoft has put another nail in its coffin and opened up other alternatives such as Macs, Linux and Google Chrome.
It may be to R:Base Technologies benefit to package the software to run on whichever OS you prefer/use whether Google, Windows, Linux or Mac? ----- Original Message ----- From: Javier Valencia To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 4:02 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Linux & R:Base I have used Win 10 on a limited basis so far on a couple of low end computers and my experience has been “so far” similar to that of Mike’s, very positive; one of them is a very low end miniature unit with 2GB of memory and 32 GB of on board SSD storage with a fresh install. The compiled version of R:Base seems to run faster as do other programs I have tested. I will try upgrading next a laptop I have that runs Windows Vista and just drags; I believe Win 10 will run much faster. Javier, Javier Valencia, PE O: 913-829-0888 H: 913-397-9605 C: 913-915-3137 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stanfield Technologies LLC Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 2:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Linux & R:Base I agree with the previous post. As a computer tech person, I have NOT been impressed with Win10. In my computer shop I have several requests to reload win7 and remove 10. Infact, by default there are settings within 10 that "seed" itself out to download much like viruses do. It may be better than 8, but I would never trade it for Win7. Internet performance has also been an issue where the internet providers are being blamed for internet issues when infact it is Win10. Microsoft seems desperate to give it away in order to get people away from 7 for some odd reason. I agree looking ahead that Linux may be the answer, especially as Linux improves its ability to install software and its dependancies without a huge amount of work. PC Linux seems to be one of the platforms that makes this much easier. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Byerley To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:06 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Linux & R:Base I don’t find any of the negatives you mention with Win 10, but I did a virgin install on the existing hardware I had instead of an upgrade. Most applications start noticeably quicker over my Win 7 previous. I even managed to get my old Autocad 2000 (16 year old software) to work on Win 10 without running it in XP virtual machine. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alastair Burr Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 7:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [RBASE-L] - Linux & R:Base The time to move away from Microsoft Windows and change to Linux is beckoning – I find Windows 10 almost unusable in that it is desperately slow and often unreliable with automatic updates changing my settings at will. I have a Linux system running from a flash drive and there seems to be very little that I do in Windows that I can’t do on this simple installation. A major consideration however, is running R:Base: Will it run directly under Linux? There seems to be ways of running some Windows programs but not all – will R:Base run in one of these systems? Presumably there is no problem with a dual boot set up? Any advice and comments would be welcome, Regards, Alastair.
