The Vent and Rant Thread - Page 1540

pholy · 10-27-2013, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

A puff of smoke and a hearty hi yo silv..... OH SH$T! My computer is fried!

Well... I needed to move into the world of 64bit anyway.....

Stitchawl

Ahhhh, the magic blue smoke. Yes, it needs to stay inside the chips. That's what makes computers run; it really is magic.

Yup, with all the photo work you do, 64 bit systems will be useful. It's overkill for most of us.

Stitchawl · 10-27-2013, 11:22 AM

I took the plunge. I ordered a tower loaded with an Intel i7 cpu, 16gig, solid state main C drive for the operating system, plus a 1-terabyte D drive, a graphics board with an extra 4gig, 8 USB ports, 4 of them USB3 for my external drives, two DVD writers, and a water-cooled heat exchanger over the cpu, etc., etc. I figure it should be powerful enough to run a small Third World country... All this just so I can play 'Angry Birds!'

Stitchawl

PeterT · 10-27-2013, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I took the plunge. I ordered a tower loaded with an Intel i7 cpu, 16gig, solid state main C drive for the operating system, plus a 1-terabyte D drive, a graphics board with an extra 4gig, 8 USB ports, 4 of them USB3 for my external drives, two DVD writers, and a water-cooled heat exchanger over the cpu, etc., etc. I figure it should be powerful enough to run a small Third World country... All this just so I can play 'Angry Birds!'

Stitchawl

And.... Windows 8 (or 8.1) I presume?

ProfCrash · 10-27-2013, 06:21 PM

Nikes are too narrow for me. New Balances are perfect.

Stitchawl · 10-27-2013, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

And.... Windows 8 (or 8.1) I presume?

No... Win 7. I only switched to this a few months ago from XPpro. While Win 8.1 might be a bit faster for some applications, for me, the difference would only amount to milliseconds. 32bit with 4gig with an Intel i5 was actually fast enough to suit me. Moving to 64bit and 16gig with an Intel i7... I won't even have time to sneeze! So far, Win 7 has been stable enough. Maybe in a year or two I'll try Win8.

Stitchawl

PeterT · 10-27-2013, 09:45 PM

I agree.. Windows 7 has been ultra stable for me and I have no interest in the look and feel of Windows 8.

Stitchawl · 10-27-2013, 10:30 PM

Many of the upgrade improvements to software and OS's tend to be aimed at the corporate user's needs. Business teams needing better sharing systems, office paper production re client information, etc. I'm just a little guy, semi-retired because I enjoy the work, sitting in my room fixing a photo or 20 every few weeks to send to my editors, only taking assignments when they look like something I'd enjoy. I'm usually not dealing with deadlines these days, nor need to get 500 proofs to a graphics editor before press time. I can afford to go slowly.

Stitchawl

pholy · 10-28-2013, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I can afford to go slowly.

Stitchawl

With an i7 cpu, I don't think you _can_ go slowly...

Stitchawl · 10-28-2013, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by pholy

With an i7 cpu, I don't think you _can_ go slowly...

From the start of the Windows Welcome screen on boot-up to ready.... 9 seconds. From completely off to ready, even with four large external drives... 22 seconds.
From mouse click on the Firefox icon to home page... I can't tell you. It's faster than I can hit the button on my stopwatch.

This is simply unbelievable. I've been sitting here giggling...

Stitchawl

wodin · 10-28-2013, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

From the start of the Windows Welcome screen on boot-up to ready.... 9 seconds. From completely off to ready, even with four large external drives... 22 seconds.
From mouse click on the Firefox icon to home page... I can't tell you. It's faster than I can hit the button on my stopwatch.

This is simply unbelievable. I've been sitting here giggling...

Stitchawl

How is this a rant?

Stitchawl · 10-28-2013, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by wodin

How is this a rant?

I made a mistake...
It's not "From the start of the Windows Welcome screen on boot-up to ready.... 9 seconds." That should have read 'from the press of the power button to ready.'
From the Welcome screen to ready was less than 3 seconds.

It's the unspoken corollary to this that is the real rant; I no longer have time to go to pee between starting the computer and boot-up.

Stitchawl

PeterT · 10-28-2013, 08:33 PM

Sure you do.. Think outside the box. Depends and you don't need to move away.

samhy · 10-31-2013, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

I took the plunge. I ordered a tower loaded with an Intel i7 cpu, 16gig, solid state main C drive for the operating system, plus a 1-terabyte D drive, a graphics board with an extra 4gig, 8 USB ports, 4 of them USB3 for my external drives, two DVD writers, and a water-cooled heat exchanger over the cpu, etc., etc. I figure it should be powerful enough to run a small Third World country... All this just so I can play 'Angry Birds!'

Stitchawl

Wow, sounds promising

Stitchawl · 10-31-2013, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by samhy

Wow, sounds promising

All promises were delivered. It's really amazing. I have no need for this much power, but it's sure fun.

Stitchawl

WT Sharpe · 10-31-2013, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Stitchawl

All promises were delivered. It's really amazing. I have no need for this much power, but it's sure fun.

Stitchawl

You need some software now that's worthy of all that power. Have you considered a nice DAW?

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10-27-2013, 11:22 AM	#23087
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	I took the plunge. I ordered a tower loaded with an Intel i7 cpu, 16gig, solid state main C drive for the operating system, plus a 1-terabyte D drive, a graphics board with an extra 4gig, 8 USB ports, 4 of them USB3 for my external drives, two DVD writers, and a water-cooled heat exchanger over the cpu, etc., etc. I figure it should be powerful enough to run a small Third World country... All this just so I can play 'Angry Birds!' Stitchawl

10-27-2013, 06:21 PM	#23089
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Nikes are too narrow for me. New Balances are perfect.

10-27-2013, 09:45 PM	#23091
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,580 Karma: 79436940 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I agree.. Windows 7 has been ultra stable for me and I have no interest in the look and feel of Windows 8.

10-27-2013, 10:30 PM	#23092
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Many of the upgrade improvements to software and OS's tend to be aimed at the corporate user's needs. Business teams needing better sharing systems, office paper production re client information, etc. I'm just a little guy, semi-retired because I enjoy the work, sitting in my room fixing a photo or 20 every few weeks to send to my editors, only taking assignments when they look like something I'd enjoy. I'm usually not dealing with deadlines these days, nor need to get 500 proofs to a graphics editor before press time. I can afford to go slowly. Stitchawl

10-28-2013, 08:33 PM	#23097
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,580 Karma: 79436940 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Sure you do.. Think outside the box. Depends and you don't need to move away.