Corey Green you forgot the random…somewhere in there is a random multiplier that makes the computer really fast when you don’t care and really slow when you need something.
Friday at 2:13pm ·
Ron Hill uh oh – bashing my employer. What is bloatware about a company?
Friday at 2:25pm ·
James E O’Loughlin haaa… no doubt! i was implying that this happens every stinkin’ time.
Friday at 2:32pm ·
Corey Green I think the random factor may actually be the computer chip designed with a
mood ring as the basis.
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James E O’Loughlin Sorry Ron. Windows 98 and dos 3.1 are about the last time I remember MS being zippy. Pretty much everything feels bloated and sluggish now with far too many options. It’d be nice to have a trimmed down core app/is and you add packages you want. Like Linux!. Maybe I just need faster hardware. Or, maybe my computer’s mood ring turns to vomit color when I open an office app lately cuz it’s ……
Friday at 7:15pm
Ted Welser I has 12g of ram on my office machine— and office is still slow opening. the only things I use are excel for data management and ppt for slide development with easy image import. google docs have already replace 80% of my word processing. in another year google will be hitting 80% of my use for ppt, docs, and excel. then, I never leave the browser.
Yesterday at 1:32am
Dan Miller It’s Microsoft’s job to ensure than any hardware advancements are nullified by an operating system that needlessly cripples the hell out of it. Windows 3.1 on a 386 = 95 on a 486 = 98 on a Pentium = ME on a Pentium 2 = XP on a Pentium 3 = Vista on a Core2 Duo = 7 on a Core2 Quad. Nothing ever gets any faster because Microsoft has always been about making it slower by dumbing it down and making it “pretty.”
Hey James, You can always disable features to reduce the footprint of the OS. This is even more true of the Server OS’s. I noticed a couple of the other commenters here threw out a bunch of generalizations that are way over used and clich…e’. 12G of RAM in an Office machine – sounds like a case of more dollars than sense. Windows 7 is faster – there is imperical evidence to prove this. I don’t want to get in a shouting match here, I know everyone has there preferrence and I am not here to change it one way or the other, however I would be happy to assist you in determining why your PC is sluggish or feels unresponsive.See More
Sorry, Ron. I’d love for you to help but I honestly gave up on Microsoft in the late ’90s when I was using an Amiga desktop, maintaining VAX and IBM RS servers for Miami University. I was also forced to maintain client Windows boxes which …were always a mess for a multitude of reasons. I prefer the X OS’s now; Unix, Linux and OS X. If I’m forced to run windows I use Sun’s VirtualBox. if anything goes bad, I just delete the Windows image file and reinstall the system. My initial post was me venting about opening Excel spreadsheets when a client sends them. In fairness, the comments above are legit and not cliché. I know Ted slammed 12gb of RAM in his box because he does some complicated algorithms and data processing in Excel. I think he should find some grad student to write apps for his school’s parallel or cluster servers and get screaming fast CPU cycles. Dan’s a smart cookie as well, he owns a successful IT consulting firm which I believe helps Windows peeps out. I won’t take anything away from your knowledge or expertise of Microsoft products. You most likely have you and your clients boxes flying. I think anyone with an in depth knowledge of any OS can keep their box and servers optimized, running fast and virtually free of issues. I just prefer to stay clear from everything MS. which constantly reminds me of viruses, scans, drivers and bloat…See More
Corey Green you forgot the random…somewhere in there is a random multiplier that makes the computer really fast when you don’t care and really slow when you need something.Friday at 2:13pm ·
Ron Hill uh oh – bashing my employer. What is bloatware about a company?Friday at 2:25pm ·
James E O’Loughlin haaa… no doubt! i was implying that this happens every stinkin’ time.Friday at 2:32pm ·
Ted Welser I has 12g of ram on my office machine— and office is still slow opening. the only things I use are excel for data management and ppt for slide development with easy image import. google docs have already replace 80% of my word processing. in another year google will be hitting 80% of my use for ppt, docs, and excel. then, I never leave the browser.Yesterday at 1:32am
Dan Miller It’s Microsoft’s job to ensure than any hardware advancements are nullified by an operating system that needlessly cripples the hell out of it. Windows 3.1 on a 386 = 95 on a 486 = 98 on a Pentium = ME on a Pentium 2 = XP on a Pentium 3 = Vista on a Core2 Duo = 7 on a Core2 Quad. Nothing ever gets any faster because Microsoft has always been about making it slower by dumbing it down and making it “pretty.”Yesterday at 12:32pm ·
