On Sun, 4 May 2008 06:29:47 -0400, Arny Krueger wrote:
> "Mike Dobony" <sword@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:fq6w3tn4b9qh$.17f0lwki47drd$.dlg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:50:36 -0400, Tim Perry wrote:
>
>>> I'm using Vista for field recording.
>
> You do have options, right?
>
>>> I am lucky if the > show isn't over before it boots.
>
> Ugh!
>
>>> Yes that is an
>>> exaggeration but the several minute boot time doesn't
>>> seem a fair exchange for the dubious benefits that the
>>> OS pur****ts.
>
> Vista is either several years before its time, or it has no time ever.
The
> big plus is supposed to be the UI, but the XP UI gets just about all of
us
> through the day just fine. I suspect that MS went down the the fancy UI
> route because the PC hardware makers were worried about encroachment by
the
> Mac. The swing back to the Mac was stimulated by the iPod.
>
Why iPod? It is triple the price of better, easier to use MP3 players
that
DON'T need a playlist to play the songs, or have they overcome this
stupidity?
>
>> WindowsXP runs quickly and runs everything.
>
> I know of no Vista-only hardware or software that is worth anything at
this
> time.
>
>> There is a lot that still does not run under Vista
>
> Certainly there is a lot of current hardware that does not run will with
> Vista.
That does not run well or does not run at all.
>
>> and you need to
>> step up several levels to get a computer that will run
>> Vista as fast as XP.
>
> A lot of the very fancy UI features require relatively expensive
graphics
> cards, and Vista uses up RAM like crazy.
>
>
>> I suppose you could add a solid state HD to your system for booting.
>
> SS, maybe but not Flash. Flash is typically slower than a regular hard
drive
> for things like booting.
>
>> That should speed things up fairly well.
>
> Or RAID.
>
> Raid 0, 1, and even RAID 5 controllers are now availble on
reasonbly-priced
> system boards.
>
For laptops?
> However, many boot delays are due to hardware drivers. I just built a
> machine with a ca. 1 terrabyte stripe set as the boot drive. It booted
XP
> very rapidly until I started adding cards and other peripherals.
>
>> Tough luck for the laptop. My
>> laptop seems to be going out so instead of spending over
>> $1k later on to get a laptop that will run Vista well I
>> better get it now while I can get a good OS. Then again,
>> there is always the used market.
>
> Or, you can simply retrofit XP. A few customers have asked me about
this. As
> long as XP drivers are available for the particular set of hardware, it
is a
> viable option.
And loose the extra software that only installs with the install discs and
Vista. Also you may not have HW drivers available for XP for that
particular machine.
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