Michael Madigan wrote:
Could you imagine how fast you could re-index a dBASE
III database on today's machine?
Yes, but still a lot slower than a Foxbase one !
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On 4/9/07, Stephen the Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or as the commercials say Security is priceless
I think Microsoft is confusing priceless with unavailable at any price.
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Ted Roche wrote:
On 4/9/07, Stephen the Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or as the commercials say Security is priceless
I think Microsoft is confusing priceless with unavailable at any price.
ROFLMAO Good one, Ted!!!
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= I think they've paid the manufacturers a kickback for the roll out.
= Desktops and Laptops have been selling for as low as I've
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= Yes but a Linux install only takes 30 minutes. What happened?!?!
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Yes, but I had to get it online to download the distro first.
This woman to whom I am married keeps making the same mistake. First
Windows Vista is Microsoft's next-generation desktop operating system.
But does it provide next-gen performance on today's PCs vs. its
predecessor, Windows XP?
The CRN Test Center set out to compare Vista's performance against XP's.
The result: You might not want to move off XP just yet.
But
On Apr 9, 2007, at 2:54 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
unless it's imperative that users have an operating
system with a more exciting look and feel, XP will offer better
performance than Vista.
Everybody who is surprised by this, please raise your hand...
OK, I thought so.
Carry on.
On 4/9/07, Bill Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As suspected, Vista hampered .Net's performance as well.
Wassa matta? Did they write it in DotNet or something?
Yuck, yuck...
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On 4/9/07, Bill Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As suspected, Vista hampered .Net's performance as well.
Wassa matta? Did they write it in DotNet or something
Analysis: Windows Vista Sucks Performance
On 4/9/07, Bill Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As suspected, Vista hampered .Net's performance as well.
Wassa matta? Did they write it in DotNet or something?
Yuck, yuck...
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Justin Darnell wrote:
snipped A lot of other stuff seems slower just because of resource
considerations. The OS does now take up 600 megs of RAM on my machine
by itself. Which means, to be running FoxPro, VS, FireFox,
Thunderbird, iTunes, SQL Server Express, etcyou probably need two
For the record, I'm not defending it. I just have found the good
in the cards I've been dealt.
J
On 4/9/07, MB Software Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Justin Darnell wrote:
snipped A lot of other stuff seems slower just because of resource
considerations. The OS does now take up
snipped A lot of other stuff seems slower just because of resource
considerations. The OS does now take up 600 megs of RAM on my machine
by itself. Which means, to be running FoxPro, VS, FireFox,
Thunderbird, iTunes, SQL Server Express, etcyou probably need two
gigs to leave wiggle
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= Wow...2 GB...just to have wiggle room! Where's my copy of
= DOS 3.11? g
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600 MB?!?!? Thatsth dethshpickable! Besides, 640K ought to be enough for
anybody.
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=Wow...2 GB...just to have wiggle room! Where's my copy of
=DOS 3.11? g
600 MB?!?!? Thatsth dethshpickable! Besides, 640K ought to be enough for
anybody.
Damn-- how do I load this TSR into EMS memory! I gotta squeeze out a
few more K of lower memory to play my Xwing game! Ugh...
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snipped A lot of other stuff seems slower just because of resource
Justin Darnell wrote:
For the record, I'm not defending it. I just have found the good
in the cards I've been dealt.
J
I didn't mean it personally on youI just found it amazing that you
need 600MB now just for the operating system. Seems excessive, but then
again, hardware is
Could someone tell my why I would want to go to Vista?
Why does the new OS bloat always have to outpace the
advances in hardware?
Can't we just enjoy hardware advances for a while?
Just give me bug fixes and I'll stick with XP for
another 10 years.
Could you imagine how fast you could re-index
Could someone tell my why I would want to go to Vista?
Microsoft knows this. With every successive new OS, the reasons to
upgrade have been fewer and fewer. They're doing their best to
artificially create reasons-- making DirectX 10 only available on
Vista, making IE7 only available on Vista and
On 4/9/07, Michael Madigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could someone tell my why I would want to go to Vista?
To support your clients who want to buy new Windows machines and
have no choice but to run the new OS.
Why does the new OS bloat always have to outpace the
advances in hardware?
I
I think they've paid the manufacturers a kickback for the roll out.
Desktops and Laptops have been selling for as low as I've seen them in
years just as vista was being rolled out.
In this case, I don't believe in coincidence.
Derek Kalweit wrote:
Could someone tell my why I would want to
Derek Kalweit wrote:
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and most importantly, it seems they're paying off hardware manufacturers to
not ship Windows XP
anyways-- just Vista... Far faster than in the past...
Does that really happen? WowI didn't know that! Paying people to
NOT ship XP?
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Derek Kalweit wrote:
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Derek Kalweit wrote:
Could someone tell my why I would want to go to Vista?
Microsoft knows this. With every successive new OS, the reasons to
upgrade have been fewer and fewer. They're doing their best to
artificially create reasons-- making DirectX 10 only available on
Vista, making IE7
they're paying off hardware manufacturers to not ship Windows XP
anyways-- just Vista... Far faster than in the past...
Or as the commercials say Security is priceless
Send message? Confirm or deny.
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