[dba-Tech] clean up

[Gustav Brock]

Hi Susan

Bite the bullet an upgrade to Windows 10. I have yet to see a machine – even 10 years old – that didn’t run faster and better with Windows 10. The only ”bump” you should pass is a minimum ram of 2 GB for 32-bit and 4 GB for 64-bit Windows. And – for very old machines with graphic chips not supported any longer by Windows – make sure a graphics driver for at least Windows Vista exists.

Of course, as already mentioned, can you manage to replace the main drive with an SSD, do that. It is like having a new machine.

In fact, the combo of SSD and the fast start of Windows 10 makes a computer act like you always have meant it to operate: Go to it, turn it on, and in a few seconds you are ready to work. Gone are the days where you could sit and wait two, three, five minutes for the machine to boot.

/gustav

Fra: Susan Harkins<mailto:ssharkins at gmail.com>
Sendt: 25. marts 2016 04:09
Til: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'<mailto:dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] clean up

A new laptop is definitely on the list. :) Until then, might as well clean
it up the best I can, but it is much slower than it used to be. I don't know
if it's the system or just the advanced graphics and crap most sites now
employ. DH stands for dear husband and getting him to switch from IE to
Chrome would be close to impossible. He's old... he doesn't like change.
I've tried... ;) It's still running Windows 7 because Windows 10 will make
him insane. I like him to much to force that on him, but I have warned him
that it's inevitable.

Susan H.