On Mon, 19 Feb 2007, ed wrote:
One things Vista will do is preload favourite apps for quicker load when you
want them, don't know if that has any performance impact or how that works
for non-MS apps.
Something OpenVMS has been able to do for (probably 20) years:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/83final/6048/6048pro_033.html#index_x_872
And J2EE app servers do as a matter of course. But will also slow down the
startup... And it's not like Windows is the speediest OS to boot hence the
startup tweaks you can do to put off starting services and the likes.
Umm, I won a Dell 820D laptop. It claimed on the notce that it was top of the
line, but the spec seemed fairly mid to low to me, aprt from the 256MG
Graphics card, which may be necessry given the flash in Vista.
Don't have my hands on it yet, they have to preload Vista and Office 2007 on
it, but I don't think the MS top man was too chuffed when I asked if Lunix
had all the drivers for the laptop's kit. So I may not get it after all, or
get some dog that is barely running.
Send back the media and license agreement and see if you can get a cash
refund :o)
Andrew
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