First it was comic books, then it was rock n' roll, now it's video games. In a few years, it's bound to be something new and people will stop caring about violent games.
Oh, and I guess I meant Vista when I said Windows 7. tbh I forgot all the details of the discussion as I was typing. Goes to show I don't comment on/. often.:P
Sorry, it sounded as if you were just of scoffing at the fact that Windows requires defragmentation.
But for a system that does regularly need defragging, being able to do it automatically like Windows 7 offers is a feature. Just because other systems don't require frequent defragging doesn't mean it can't be a feature for those that do. Saying "Other operating systems don't need to defrag" is irrelevant.
No operating system requires defrag. The OS is not what you defrag.
All filesystems fragment over time. NTFS more than others. It is a popular myth that you never need to defrag a linux box. It's just that the fragmentation is slower. Much slower. Sure, when it comes to when-you-need-to-defrag, Linux is usually better than Windows, but this doesn't mean a Windows PC is the only one that ever needs defrag.
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First it was comic books, then it was rock n' roll, now it's video games. In a few years, it's bound to be something new and people will stop caring about violent games.
Oh, and I guess I meant Vista when I said Windows 7. tbh I forgot all the details of the discussion as I was typing. Goes to show I don't comment on /. often. :P
Sorry, it sounded as if you were just of scoffing at the fact that Windows requires defragmentation. But for a system that does regularly need defragging, being able to do it automatically like Windows 7 offers is a feature. Just because other systems don't require frequent defragging doesn't mean it can't be a feature for those that do. Saying "Other operating systems don't need to defrag" is irrelevant.
No operating system requires defrag. The OS is not what you defrag. All filesystems fragment over time. NTFS more than others. It is a popular myth that you never need to defrag a linux box. It's just that the fragmentation is slower. Much slower. Sure, when it comes to when-you-need-to-defrag, Linux is usually better than Windows, but this doesn't mean a Windows PC is the only one that ever needs defrag.