Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Mon Jun 4 22:48:44 CDT 2012
Ok, so based on what you are saying, Windows is not a good operating system to install a few games and your usual applications - basically regular home use - and should only be used as a locked down workstation. I think I can actually agree with you in that point! - Hans On 2012-06-04, at 7:14 PM, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Hans: > > Ask how many games I have on my system... > > The battery was shot from the Git-Go and the power cable soon followed suit. > > > That aside please note that most Techs, who support Windows PCs, sometimes > hundreds, on a single site, do not and did not have your experience. The > systems may not be great pieces of hardware but they do the job, for the > mostly reliably and without issues...and Business just loves them. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian > Andersen > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 1:23 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So long, Norman > > > Jim, > > You are wrong. I'm looking at the machine as we speak and it has only 4 > games installed: > SimCity 4 > Diablo 2 > Civilization III > CivCity Rome > > None of these are resource demanding games, even for a machine like this. > > The rest of the software installed is all the usual stuff. CuteFTP, > OpenOffice, PDF Creator, Skype, Canon Printer Utilities, Google Picasa, all > the Microsoft applications like MSN Messenger & Silverlight, Chrome, Firefox > etc, and some paint / photo manipulation software. > > The system specs on this machine are: > > HP Pavillion DV2714CA > > Intel dual core T2330 1.6ghz, 1mb L2 cache, 533mhz FSB > 2 gigs of DDR2 ram > 160 gb sata hd > > You can read the rest here: > http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/WF06b/12139188-78299199-78299212-782 > 99212-78299212-81135007-81575996.html?dnr=1 > > It has only started falling apart in the last year. The chassis frame around > the screen is coming apart, but this is superficial. Hardware-wise it is > still fine. It could probably be fixed and it would be as good as new. > > So, the user of this system has neither been installing weird applications > like crazy, nor is this some hacked together cheap laptop from some little > known company. > > Hans > > > > > On 2012-06-04, at 11:49 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > >> Let's be honest, without mincing words; the hardware you are talking about >> was a cheap unpowered piece of junk. It was physically falling apart and > was >> suffering from a dozen pieces of game software... Nothing frys a system > like >> high resource demanding game software on flaky low-end hardware. >> >> My personal experiences have been quite different. I bought a good solid >> laptop, not cheap but definitely not over priced. That laptop is six years >> old and it has virtual every communications, web-design and software >> building product, graphic design and manipulation software, database and >> testing software running on it. It has been dragged to every office, in a >> dozen towns, that I have worked in and it has been used to setup servers, >> stations, router, switches, burn software, connect remote techs, testing >> software, storing data and manage documents. I work on this computer 8 to > 12 >> hours a day, almost every day. It is a little unpowered for the new age as >> it is Tosiba Satellite, only has a dual core, has two GB of RAM and 120 GB >> HD. >> >> It runs like it always has; solid as a rock. >> >> When it comes to Windows computers you are a really a terrible tech and I >> think it is more willful than by accident. ;-) >> >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian >> Andersen >> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 9:02 AM >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues >> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] So long, Norman >> >> >> John, >> >> These are mostly just observations of other people lately and my > experience >> supporting it at my company. I haven't been a Windows user since 2005 or > so, >> but it was also the reason I left Windows back then. >> >> I'm not sure it is specific to gaming. As a recent example, my wife's Win7 >> laptop had very few games installed (its graphics card was the Intel GMA >> sort, not powerful enough to run most games) and really only just a > handful >> of additional applications. She mostly used it for surfing, but its now >> un-usable. No blue screening, just lots of pausing, freezing and general >> slowness to the point of frustration for her, but there is nothing > obviously >> wrong with it. >> >> This is probably the 4th reinstall of Windows on that laptop (HP) in the >> last 4 or so years, but she's got a new laptop now, so I may just throw >> Linux onto this machine to extend its life. >> >> I'm not saying that every Windows machine will eventually be completely >> crippled, but I always known them to develop quirks over time and become a >> less stable system overall (not stability in terms of blue screening, but > in >> the sense that it is not behaving as expected ie. applications not > starting, >> freezing or crashing), often for no identifiable reason. >> >> If this hasn't been an issue for you, then you are obviously doing > something >> right, but it's not clear to me what is being done wrong in the cases I > have >> witnessed/experienced. >> >> Hans >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com