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*debro* · 22-04-2007

DRM.

Try copying some large files around and see the difference between XP & Vista

I'd estimate that it's between 1/6th & 1/10th the speed that winxp is.

You will find that vista is much quicker if you rarely shut it down & only use the hibernate & resume features of the laptop.

I personally, am eagerly awaiting the release of either Suse10.3 or Ubuntu/Kubuntu 7.04 which will hopefully correctly detect the sata controller & hence HD of my godawful dell laptop ......

I don't like that path that M$ is Heading.

To top it off, Vista Home limits the half-open TCP IP connections to 2 .. read T.W.O .. outgoing connections!
There was an uproar when XP SP2 limited it to 10 outgoing connections.
The reason being "We want to limit virus proliferation".

By my (admittedly quicky) calculations, at two PC's a second, a well written worm could still infect every PC in the world in approximately 30 seconds (one billion PC's)

The only valid reason they would do this is to hinder P2P activity.

Maybe that's why they also fubar'd the file copying/moving. No file sharing!

22-04-2007	#6 (permalink)
debro Blown to smitherines Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: The c@ke mixer Posts: 9,823	Re: Expert users say Vista is too slow DRM. Try copying some large files around and see the difference between XP & Vista I'd estimate that it's between 1/6th & 1/10th the speed that winxp is. You will find that vista is much quicker if you rarely shut it down & only use the hibernate & resume features of the laptop. I personally, am eagerly awaiting the release of either Suse10.3 or Ubuntu/Kubuntu 7.04 which will hopefully correctly detect the sata controller & hence HD of my godawful dell laptop ...... I don't like that path that M$ is Heading. To top it off, Vista Home limits the half-open TCP IP connections to 2 .. read T.W.O .. outgoing connections! There was an uproar when XP SP2 limited it to 10 outgoing connections. The reason being "We want to limit virus proliferation". By my (admittedly quicky) calculations, at two PC's a second, a well written worm could still infect every PC in the world in approximately 30 seconds (one billion PC's) The only valid reason they would do this is to hinder P2P activity. Maybe that's why they also fubar'd the file copying/moving. No file sharing! __________________ CDFreaks - Overwhelmed by Ignorance since 2005! We lost the battle, but we haven't lost the war! Click Here to sign up to the resistance movement! Viva La Resistance! Admitting that you've illegally downloaded movies/songs and need help to process/burn is comparable to robbing a bank, and walking into the bank the next day holding the bags of money to deposit them into your account. Don't be surprised if people laugh at you when you make the headlines.