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| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboRon
Before you get on your high horse.... I do know what I am talking about.... RAM is the type of memory that is in your central processor.... is that
so tough to understand. And virtual memory is the type that is in your hard drive.
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Oh, ok.
Back to Wikipedia for you! 
And, when you want to upgrade the RAM in that processor, good luck. 
[Edited on 2-19-2008 by Roberto]
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Iflyfish
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I know of some Fast Fourier Transform routines that take 10 times longer to run under Vista. They were just moved over with out any optimizations.
QEEG?
My Toshiba Laptop crashed on the road and I had to go to Visa, kicking and screaming I might add. I find it slower and that if I move to fast that it
tends to lock up much more than my XP ever did. That being said, my neurology adapts.
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El Camote
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Genitalmen,
I sincerely hope the following link will resolve and put to rest the ongoing technical discussion regarding Vista. This is well researched and
documented information you can pack away in your pocket-protected front shirt pocket. 
http://www.blip.tv/file/340692
Thank you for your attention.
[Edited on 2-19-2008 by El Camote]
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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bajadogs
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Iflyfish
My Toshiba Laptop crashed on the road and I had to go to Visa, kicking and screaming I might add. I find it slower and that if I move to fast that it
tends to lock up much more than my XP ever did. That being said, my neurology adapts.
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Is Mrs. Iffyfish smiling smugly behind her Mac while your neurons short circuit?
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MrBillM
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Heading South
Well, the last thread on this subject went South pretty fast, too, so this is no surprise.
The Geeks (including myself) tend to get so wrapped up in the minutiae of this business and the righteousness of their respective viewpoint, that the
original question tends to get muddled.
The average user here isn't a geek and most use their computers for relatively mundane tasks. That average user Browses the Internet, sends and
receives E-mails, works with their Jpegs, MP3s and DVDs along with other simple Word-processing and (sometimes) business apps.
The greatest beneficiaries of the faster processors outside of professionals seem to be the gaming crowd. That's who the $3000 desktops are built
for.
For the average person, the Fastest processor and how many cores it has is of little importance along with the nits and bits of how that information
is processed. The bottom of the line in processors will work as fast as they can or need. That's always been the gap between the "Ideal" and
actuality. Running benchmark tests on various Real-World business apps has shown time and again that the faster processing speed meant nothing.
With that user in mind, I wonder WHAT specific characteristics Vista delivers that would make it a worthwhile investment, Aero Glitz not included.
Disregarding features previously available as third-party utilities, I would venture the following:
Windows 95 brought Plug and Play.
Windows 98 finally gave us decent USB support.
Windows 2000 integrated NT features into the home platform and improved that USB support.
Windows XP improved on various 2000 shortcomings, most especially peripherals support.
Windows Vista ??
I'm always willing to be convinced.
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bajadogs
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
I'm always willing to be convinced. |
Have you tried a Mac lately?
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Mexray
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Mike....That 'Vista Sucks' video was a hoot!...
...I could view the video OK, but kept getting a small window that said I was out of memory on 'line 70'....those guys really know how to get a point
acorss!
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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bajadogs
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Can someone explain to me why this is not in OFF-TOPIC?
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Al G
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Best use for an apple
Now we can go to off topic
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The most precious thing we have is life, yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
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CaboRon
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Beer from Apples ?
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MrBillM
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Mac Toys
That's my next toy. Since there's finally a Mac within a reasonable price range, I've been planning for awhile now to buy one of those Mac Minis to
play with in my spare time. I've blown more than $600 on other toys, so why not ?
The only thing that's holding up my adding one to my various "Test" computers was the possibility that I could pick up a decent deal on a used or
refurb but, so far, the difference isn't great enough.
Completely frivolous since I still haven't devoted enough time to the two Linux systems I'm toying with, but it's fun.
As far as moving from the PC over to the Mac platform, in my case, there would be no reason. Any complaints I have over whatever Win O.S. doesn't
rise above the level of minor irritation. Everything I want to accomplish, I am. The only things I have difficulty with at times (usually resolved)
are a result of Copy Protection and wouldn't be solved by a MAC
We'll see when I get my Mac Toy. Stay tuned.
[Edited on 2-19-2008 by MrBillM]
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rob
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Al G:
I WANT one of those! Can you feed any raw product into the intake hopper? Or does it have to be virus-free apples?
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bajadogs:
Mrsfish gets real miffed when I hook up to the internet while she cannot, but that said, I love that lady and her pictures are amazing!! really
amazing!
Iflyfishwhennotfightingthemacpcwars
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MrBillM
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2000 Stability.
Lencho is right regarding the improvement in stability that 2000 broght about as a result of it being built on the NT kernal. Back in my GTE days, we
installed NT4.0 for a lot of mangement people who became vocal with objections to 95-98. Stability got better with 2000 and better still with XP,
although I've seen more than a few Blue Screens with XP. Usually a result of a third-party app, although when I bought a Dell Desktop in 2006, I was
getting a Blue Screen every 25-30 boots which then cleared completely for no apparent reason (probably and update that cleared it). I haven't seen a
Blue Screen error on that unit since in, probably, more than 200 boots.
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