| Author | Comment |
Barrett
Administrator
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
11:18 GMT
Total Posts: 1676 | my computer (windows xp) has been running for 87 straight days.
now someone please tell me that windows is still unstable.
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-Barrett A |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
13:46 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | If it is runing and doing 'random' tasks during its up time, then there is no argument from me at the moment. The vauge way you stated the supporting argument and conclusion makes it vauge. I can put my laptop into sleep and have it 'run' for a year and it would still be fine. You have to initiate things in order to bring up senarios for it to crash. |
Barrett
Administrator
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
17:42 GMT
Total Posts: 1676 | i use it on average about 13 hours a day. (like 16 on non-school days... 12 on school days).
over my wireless network stuff i've recieved 10 GB of data and sent 5..... on my CAT5 network stuff i've recieved 10 million packets and sent 5... so that can show you how much i've been using it...
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-Barrett A |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
18:00 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | Okay, so your transfering a lot of data systimatically (the way in which I've assumed), but what kinds of programs are you running? On average, how many do you run simultaneously? Are they CPU hungry programs? Memory hungry? Your'll still being quite vauge. Someone can run on their cable/DSL/whatever line and as long as they don't catch a cold, they'll be fine. You know where I'm trying to go, do you want to make this hard? I've only had one or two crashes and those were user induced. I can easily spot out what I was doing (generally) and know how to avoid the same situations. |
Barrett
Administrator
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
18:07 GMT
Total Posts: 1676 | on several occasions i've been using photoshop elements, adobe premiere, aim, winamp, Internet explorer, devc++, TIGCC, outlook express and kazaa at the same time.
premiere would be using 90% of the processor and several hundred MB of memory.... kazaa would be using about 5% and downloading a whole bunch of stuff. elements would have 5-10 high res photos open and being edited... 3-5 AIM conversations going.... 1500 songs on the winamp playlist... calcgames.org on IE...
[Edited by Barrett on 21-Jan-04 03:08]
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-Barrett A |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
18:18 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | Thank you, now was that so hard? Anyway, back on topic, you have WinXP Pro right? Well, if yes, that concludes my questioning since I have nothing else left to ask. I'm sure you'll agree that once multiple users are put onto a single computer, all with different levels of access etc then stability drops quickly. That is true for at least XP Home. I need more memory, and money...a job... |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
18:22 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | The thread is ALIVE (again).
Btw, anyone still using IE, it's really nice to get a new browser, esp. one that supports tabs.
IE is still the standard, so it's useful once in a while (such as posting calcgames news on occassion). |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
18:26 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | Sorry, but from what I know Safari had tabs long before IE. That is just another thing PC companies are getting from Apple. |
Barrett
Administrator
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
18:43 GMT
Total Posts: 1676 | xp home... of course when you have multiple users they all use tons of RAM and stuff...
the only instability would come when there are too many programs using too much CPU and memory... it's just a question of how much crap is on your computer.
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-Barrett A |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
18:52 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | I had Home. I had Bryce 5 a "3D Landscaping and Animation" App open which is CPU hungry and memory hungry, and PS Elements 1 (I also need to get 2) Editing 5 MP images which a single layer takes up at least 20MB. Now If I tried to do something like locate a file (not with search) or just look around, the system quickly became unstable, that and very slow. 640MB RAM BTW, what do you have 1GB? I forgot how much RAM plays a factor. |
Barrett
Administrator
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
19:46 GMT
Total Posts: 1676 | 512... low RAM will really just make it slow.... the computer can always use HD space as RAM...
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-Barrett A |
zkostik
Carrier
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
20:34 GMT
Total Posts: 2486 | I'm kinda like B also running Win XP Pro SP1 over a CAT5 networked hooked to my 4megabit cable. I however often run new games, go online and ofcourse run edonkey/kazaa from time to time. The system's been very stable for me, I never turn off my computer and it never crashes and I only reboot when my new software asks for a reboot. As far a transfer, sometimes the number goes so high that counter resets itself :). I usually average a few gigs down a day and maybe .5-1 gig up. Gig of ram btw and P4-3.2gig with HT. Yeah D, ram in your case will let you keep more open pics and still maintain good speed.
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spiral
Wraith
Posted: 20 Jan 2004
22:17 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | wow...this is sad, I should upgrade my pitiful 256 mb RAM sometime (or maybe just the whole computer). Btw, what are you doing tha you manage to transfer so many gigs? |
Digital
Guardian
Posted: 21 Jan 2004
12:51 GMT
Total Posts: 1051 | That what I want to know. In photographs I only have ~11 GB. Not all of them are good (and copyrighted) so i don't distribute the stuff. Butunless you guys are into serious file swapping or downloading pirated full version games, how the heck do you transfer so much? |
Barrett
Administrator
Posted: 21 Jan 2004
12:58 GMT
Total Posts: 1676 | on the average day i don't download very much.... but when i'm trying to download a movie i'll start like 15 different downloads of "different" versions since nowadays 95% of them are alterred by the mpaa so they don't work.
or if i'm downloading music.. i'll generally download all of their songs at once... on average 2 "different" versions of each song... unless it's a popular artist in which case i have to try about 10 different versions of each song to get one that's not messed up.
on a side note... since i'll probably get criticized for this...
do i download illegally? yes... and i know it's somewhat wrong (i wouldn't buy CDs at all if there was no music online, and my dad buys good DVDs no matter what, so they're not losing money, that's for sure) but eventually when i have an income i'll switch to purchasing what i use.
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-Barrett A |
calculatorfreakCG
Wraith
Posted: 21 Jan 2004
14:39 GMT
Total Posts: 739 | "on a side note... since i'll probably get criticized for this", well, I'm a legal law-abding kind of guy, so, I don't approve-but I understand Barret! :)
I, however, never download music, I'm not into music, I'm into talk radio, particularly, The Savage Nation, with Michael Savage. |
spiral
Wraith
Posted: 21 Jan 2004
18:41 GMT
Total Posts: 958 | I haven't really downloaded any music recently (just two or three songs I heard around and like, and two movies). I actually never listened to music till frosh year when I started downloading, so me downloading has actually led to purchases. Of course, none of my albums are related to the RIAA, so it doesn't really matter. Most of the music from the second half of last year was actually bought (not online).
I don't really get why so many people pay nearly album price for music online. It has lower quality, more restrictions, and cost nearly as much as an album without any of the extras. I also don't buy music online, because there's no place where I can get any of the chinese music i listen to...i guess it's pain to negotiate copyrights over borders, too bad. |
