Comments on: New computer http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/08/01/new-computer/ I'm a mere, tiny, insignificant cog in a whole clockwork of stupidity. I'm the tiny cog that wants to break free. Seriously. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:52:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Michael Reed http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/08/01/new-computer/#comment-3043 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:36:12 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/08/01/new-computer/#comment-3043 Morgan, This is my point. Upgrade the hardware and you might be surprised how little gain there is. Perhaps I'm doing something wrong and your experience will be different? Morgan,

This is my point. Upgrade the hardware and you might be surprised how little gain there is.

Perhaps I’m doing something wrong and your experience will be different?

]]> by: Morgan http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/08/01/new-computer/#comment-3038 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:22:17 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/08/01/new-computer/#comment-3038 I have Win2k installed on a Compaq Deskpro 1GHz. I think it's fairly fast on that machine; in fact the only thing I've seen on it that's faster is BeOS. Fedora 9 is painfully slow, and Slackware 12 is better but not by that much. The latest Ubuntu won't even install. Of course, I'd probably get better performance all around with a RAM and video upgrade; it's got 256MB RAM and the onboard video is Intel i815. I may soon bump it to 512MB and an older GeForce 4 card and see how it stacks up then. I have Win2k installed on a Compaq Deskpro 1GHz. I think it’s fairly fast on that machine; in fact the only thing I’ve seen on it that’s faster is BeOS. Fedora 9 is painfully slow, and Slackware 12 is better but not by that much. The latest Ubuntu won’t even install. Of course, I’d probably get better performance all around with a RAM and video upgrade; it’s got 256MB RAM and the onboard video is Intel i815. I may soon bump it to 512MB and an older GeForce 4 card and see how it stacks up then.

]]> by: Michael Reed http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/08/01/new-computer/#comment-3036 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:22:24 +0100 http://cogscanthink.blogsome.com/2008/08/01/new-computer/#comment-3036 Windows 2000 was a fairly good release in its day. Its performance was a bit behind Windows 98SE, but the reliability was far better. For some reason, the overall performance just didn't seem to scale with faster hardware. I've run it on a machine with 1gig of RAM and a fairly modern HD and yet it still seemed slow. Given the age of the OS, it's a bit of mystery why it runs noticeably slower than a recent Ubuntu on the same hardware. Weird. That and the font rendering on small fonts sucks ass. Windows 2000 was a fairly good release in its day. Its performance was a bit behind Windows 98SE, but the reliability was far better.

For some reason, the overall performance just didn’t seem to scale with faster hardware. I’ve run it on a machine with 1gig of RAM and a fairly modern HD and yet it still seemed slow. Given the age of the OS, it’s a bit of mystery why it runs noticeably slower than a recent Ubuntu on the same hardware. Weird.

That and the font rendering on small fonts sucks ass.

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