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so... we meet again
EricL:
--- Quote from: Numsgil ---It is said: "What Andy giveth, Bill taketh away."
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There is more truth to this than you know and it is more deliberate and coordinated than you might expect. I have attended meetings between MS and Intel execs where the strategic discussion was what "features" to add in future versions so as to use more cycles/memory/graphics so as to keep the upgrade cycle going. MS doesn't intentionally write slow code to my knowledge, but the squeaky wheel gets the oil and for new OS releases, they target the "common" machine of only so many years back. So if the perf or working set of something is good enough on the test machine mix, it gets no attention, and lacking attention, code gets bigger and slower over time even without new features..
Welcome back Gambit...
Numsgil:
One only has to look at bloated Linux versions to understand that it's hardly a collusion on Microsoft's part. As you say, if it's good enough on the target machine, there's no reason to push it harder.
Gambit:
its windows ME with bare bones in features. if I turn off the virus protection it is amazingly fast for its low ram. it gets better internet speed and loads applications faster than my 512mb XP laptop. it just doesnt have sound... or any sort of 3D support...
I wish that whoever invented integrated graphics cards would be sentanced to 20 years in prison... when they fry theres no way of fixing them.
anyway... whats new?
EricL:
--- Quote from: Gambit ---anyway... whats new?
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Some really cool new speciation features and graphs in recent version for evo-sim folks....
Peter:
--- Quote from: Gambit ---its windows ME with bare bones in features. if I turn off the virus protection it is amazingly fast for its low ram. it gets better internet speed and loads applications faster than my 512mb XP laptop. it just doesnt have sound... or any sort of 3D support...
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Extra ram could be an option if you have to put stuff off.
--- Quote ---I wish that whoever invented integrated graphics cards would be sentanced to 20 years in prison... when they fry theres no way of fixing them.
anyway... whats new?
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Overall I think those intergrated cards are making computers overall cheaper. That's why they're good. Not everybody needs a super videocard. And current intergrated sound-cards are that good, it is becoming rare someone buys actual sound-cards.
Ehm new, leagues are too up again. That's also new.
Intel and MS really have that kind of meetings!
I think MS crossed a line with vista, there is a decent performance drop there. I hope they're going to make the next version some more efficient or atleast a way most features can be easily put of, and they do something about the standard security settings.
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