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InfoWorld says WinXP much slower than Win2K
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submitted an InfoWorld story that makes the shocking claim that XP is slower then 2k for business use. Pretty graphs, comparisons of SMP, and they even tested without the eye candy. My favorite comment is this one "it appears that for light-duty service on the newest hardware, Windows XP with Office XP is an acceptable choice -- if an 11 percent performance hit, or 53 minutes added to an 8-hour day, is acceptable." And thats the best case scenario.
Is it any surprise that getting the latest operating system is going to force you to upgrade your computer to see peak performance? NO! Microsoft and Intel make a LOT of money on planned obsolescence, there's no reason (that they recognize) to improve their record.
troll me, flamebait me, i don't care. you should check your spelling and learn the difference between the common homonyms! and here i thought this site was for geeks and nerds...
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Um. Don't you think that's more than a bit redundant? :)
License: By reading this you are agreeing that you agree with me.
I'll second that and add that our macs here crash daily. And a crashed mac app almost always requires a reboot. And if you dare coding on a mac, plan on rebooting about 50 times a day. Ugh :( Our windows and linux servers are about equal in uptime. The development windows and linux boxes are also about equal. (End user windows machines are terrible, but noone here cares to try to prevent the users from installing any old app and adspam screen saver they find on the net ) But the Macs, oh boy. I acutally believe a lot of the hype in absense of fact, but personally dealing with Mac development and use has done nothing but remove every last vestige of respect I ever had for the platform.
Contrary to popular belief, coding is not all free blow-jobs and beer. Those things cost MONEY!
Yeah, that new UI is almost as good as the 1991 WorkplaceShell but needs 10x the hardware to get there.
How come the millions spent on research which begat the Windows 95 UI needed to be done again? It's because it was a bunch of crap. Microsofts UI is designed to keep the competition, apps, behind Microsoft. Remember, DOS ain't done til Lotus don't run. Sorry Charlie, this tuna is rotten.
OS/2 was too hard for people to switch to also but here we are 10 years later with something getting very close to what OS/2 had. Did I say 10 years ago? Wow, how freaking innovative Microsoft is. And darn, you just have to love how the press kisses they rosie butt too. Ah, what $$$$ can buy?
The press, a president, a judge here and there......
Open your eyes.
LoB
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