Comments on: A year with Windows Vista http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/ A posting every day; an interesting idea every three months... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:08:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anthony http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-84068 Anthony Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:41:41 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/#comment-84068 I'm surprised that there were no "you should be running Ubuntu" comments. Anyway you made it pretty clear that you need MS Windows to run some flight software. Personally I think it is crazy - in 1997 1 GB of RAM could handle 2 million banking customers on a MainFrame. Now you need that much RAM just to load Vista. Oh well no wonder I use Xubuntu or Windows 2000 still. BTW Firefox 3.0 uses RAM more efficiently than the 2.x versions. I’m surprised that there were no “you should be running Ubuntu” comments. Anyway you made it pretty clear that you need MS Windows to run some flight software.

Personally I think it is crazy – in 1997 1 GB of RAM could handle 2 million banking customers on a MainFrame. Now you need that much RAM just to load Vista. Oh well no wonder I use Xubuntu or Windows 2000 still.

BTW Firefox 3.0 uses RAM more efficiently than the 2.x versions.

]]> By: Saqib Ali http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-83667 Saqib Ali Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:51:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/#comment-83667 I have to say that I had to set my 512 MB Vista PC to "High Performance" (Low energy saving) in Power Options. Otherwise it would not wake up properly or be very slow after waking up. I am guessing that it something to do with 512 MB of RAM, but since I changed to "High Performance" I had NO issues, and I haven't had to reboot the machine since then. The machine has been running smoothly and flawlessly since then. "High Performance" is not a very eco-friendly setting in that the PC is always turned on. I guess that makes me a bad person :-( But I do always turn off the monitor when I am not using the computer. I have to say that I had to set my 512 MB Vista PC to “High Performance” (Low energy saving) in Power Options. Otherwise it would not wake up properly or be very slow after waking up. I am guessing that it something to do with 512 MB of RAM, but since I changed to “High Performance” I had NO issues, and I haven’t had to reboot the machine since then. The machine has been running smoothly and flawlessly since then.

“High Performance” is not a very eco-friendly setting in that the PC is always turned on. I guess that makes me a bad person :-( But I do always turn off the monitor when I am not using the computer.

]]> By: Carl http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-83443 Carl Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:05:05 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/#comment-83443 >512 GB of RAM Now that's a machine ;-) I enjoy how many are comparing a bare bones $650 laptop to $1,500+ models. Of course there will be engineering improvements! It's a miracle that it even boots... >512 GB of RAM
Now that’s a machine ;-)

I enjoy how many are comparing a bare bones $650 laptop to $1,500+ models. Of course there will be engineering improvements! It’s a miracle that it even boots…

]]> By: Jeff http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-83355 Jeff Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:55:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/#comment-83355 Phil, thanks for sharing the "long-term use" update! Your Toshiba 'noise' experience is similar to my last - the fan design is just completely missing as far as I could tell. The machine sounded like a jet taking off at times. It still frustrates me to no end that I have to format a new computer from just about any manufacturer to remove the junk they're often paid to bundle, at a reduced Windows experience. My only comparisons recently: - An Apple Macbook Pro: when watching full-screen Flash or Silverlight video, the thing gets noisy (no fan improvement here). Otherwise, silent as anything else. - A Lenovo ThinkPad T61: no matter what you're doing, as long as it isn't multi-core building of code, the thing is silent. Phil, thanks for sharing the “long-term use” update!

Your Toshiba ‘noise’ experience is similar to my last – the fan design is just completely missing as far as I could tell. The machine sounded like a jet taking off at times.

It still frustrates me to no end that I have to format a new computer from just about any manufacturer to remove the junk they’re often paid to bundle, at a reduced Windows experience.

My only comparisons recently:
- An Apple Macbook Pro: when watching full-screen Flash or Silverlight video, the thing gets noisy (no fan improvement here). Otherwise, silent as anything else.
- A Lenovo ThinkPad T61: no matter what you’re doing, as long as it isn’t multi-core building of code, the thing is silent.

]]> By: Saqib Ali http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/comment-page-1/#comment-83342 Saqib Ali Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:46:21 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2008/07/08/a-year-with-windows-vista/#comment-83342 Yea. I don't mind Vista either. I am running it on my desktop that has 512 GB of RAM with Pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GHz. No issues. Not that slow either. I should probably buy some RAM, but I am saving up for my dream notebook - Asus EEE 900 series. :-) Yea. I don’t mind Vista either. I am running it on my desktop that has 512 GB of RAM with Pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GHz. No issues. Not that slow either. I should probably buy some RAM, but I am saving up for my dream notebook – Asus EEE 900 series. :-)

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