Windows 9? wrote:
Okay, ugh. Windows 9 skipped researched.
Because of 3rd party Legacy Code:
if (version.StartsWith("Windows 9"))
{ /* 95 and 98 */
} else {
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/191279-why-is-it-called-windows-10-not-windows-9
10 is better than 9 and their only competitor is on 10.
They really should have skipped to 11. I would have paid for a license for 11. Because 11 is better than 10.
I stand by what I said.
The only potentially "bad" thing is that XP isn't supported anymore, but don't visit porn or junk and you will be fine. I haven't had a problem with that machine in 7 years.
I also have a new high-end machine (PC) on which I run everything including the newest Revit and Photoshop, it is bombproof--but it is WAY overkill for surfing.
The other thing is something that someone else mentioned--who has 50 instances open at once? Complete instances, or just tabs? Even traders don't need that many.
Sure Fire wrote:
but don't visit porn or junk and you will be fine.
That's basically the entire internet
runDirtyrun wrote:
Windows 9? wrote:Okay, ugh. Windows 9 skipped researched.
Because of 3rd party Legacy Code:
if (version.StartsWith("Windows 9"))
{ /* 95 and 98 */
} else {
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/191279-why-is-it-called-windows-10-not-windows-910 is better than 9 and their only competitor is on 10.
They really should have skipped to 11. I would have paid for a license for 11. Because 11 is better than 10.
It was interesting to read that Windows 10 is really Windows 6.4 based on the kernel. But, MS will leapfrog the kernel number from 6.4 to 10 when Win10 is officially released.
So, MS can claim the jump to 10 was necessary because 7 8 9 (seven ate nine).
Haji, thanks. One of my old firms used Lenovos and they were beastly good.
I also know that Google earth's flight simulator is a good test for a machine's capabilities. If it can regen the landscapes smoothly and quickly without hanging up that's a good sign. And of course that's what a lot of the games do nowadays typically: regen 3D.
If you plan to open up those windows to letsrun.com, make sure you install adblock plus.
Make sure you get a live demo of 50 open tabs across one or sevearl browsers before you make an actual purchase.
50 tabs is not much. Depends on background processes.
I would say, any modern laptop / workstation would do the trick.
problem is ... bad behavior by developers vying for your limited attention. Meaning, 50 tabs = tons of bg processes.
You can probably, im guessing, get away with what you currently have, and just install a good AD Blocker.
The crashes are likely to be a software issue rather than a hardware issue if you have a decent machine, which I presume you do as a website person.
You CAN right click on a Mac, along with a bunch of other trackpad functions that go beyond L and R clicks (though I am not a Mac fan).
Tons of RAM (which is now dirt cheap) and high processor speed to make the caching more efficient.
Single biggest improvement will be to stop leaving 50 tabs open at once. No one can hold 50 threads in their head at once, so get a little more disciplined about how you're working to be more efficient. If you tell me you're reading 50 books today, I'm going to suggest you're following zero of them.
Get a second monitor so that you can double what you're viewing. Or even get a really big second monitor so that you can have two windows at a readable size on it.
sc42 wrote:
Single biggest improvement will be to stop leaving 50 tabs open at once. No one can hold 50 threads in their head at once, so get a little more disciplined about how you're working to be more efficient. If you tell me you're reading 50 books today, I'm going to suggest you're following zero of them.
Wouldn't running a website forum require monitoring many threads simultaneously, as well as, T&F news feeds? That would be like reading 50 books simultaneously.
Monitoring. wrote:
Wouldn't running a website forum require monitoring many threads simultaneously, as well as, T&F news feeds? That would be like reading 50 books simultaneously.
Sorry, I was off reading 24 novels, 10 Facebook pages, 7 textbooks and 9 magazines. What are you talking about again?
Reading comprehension doesn't seem to be one of your skills. Others on this thread have noted that they often have 50, or more, browser tabs opened. You don't do that, and you fail to understand why anyone else would.
Flash sucks no matter what your computer is. And how can you possibly have not figured out how to right click with a mac, either with a mouse or with a trackbad, is beyond my comprehension. No wonder this website is so crappy...
It's no secret that apple has been more evil than microsoft for the last decade. Ask any software developer. Give me a f******* break.
How many ex-Apple employes own billion dollar sports team? Zero.
How many ex-MS employes own billion dollar sports team? Two, and they own three teams worth $1B, or more.
hmmmmm well wrote:
jjjjjj wrote:do not ever get a dell computer.
Between home and work I have had 6 Dell computers and have never had a problem with any of them. Still use one occasionally that is 7+ years old with XP on it.
I used to think that there were really bad computers out there. Then I thought that once in a while, a lemon would pop up in distribution and someone would have the misfortune of getting it.
But I've come to the conclusion that most of the problems with computers, are caused by the users and their over-inflated opinion of their limited computer skills. Even people who work on computers for a living try to make a computer do something it isn't capable of, then pass blame to something else instead of their incompetence.
They try to change hardware set up, or programming and screw it up, or surf weirdo porn sites and get viruses. Then instead of looking in the mirror, they blame the computer maker or "winblowz".
There are many choices when you buy a computer, just pick the one with the specs you want and don't intentionally screw it up and it will last for years.
This x100.
My mother in law knows zero about computers, & somehow even she can make a Dell laptop last 5 years. It's not that hard. What the heck are some of you doing to cause blue screens & crashes??
Whatever you do, don't get a mac.
I lol'd at the title of this thread. Good one rojo. 8/10.
Have you tried Google Glass?
"Whatever you do, don't get a mac."
Something wrong with Big Macs?