OT Has w7 slowed down recently

On Fri, 11 May 2012 20:06:50 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

Burlington

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...=4601273602 3
61000 Hamiltonians commute outside the City for Work;
24000 to Burlington

How many majored in quantum mechanics isn't stated.

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Martin wrote:

Not even in the iPad iPhone world?

No. I can't remember exactly what their market share is, but it's
about a third, I think.

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SteveT

On 11/05/2012 19:51, Knackered wrote:


"Gary" wrote in message ...

Just wondering. My w7 32 bit has got really slow over the last few
weeks . Anybody else having this problem?

There is long established freeware that will perform an audit: Belarc
Advisor

It's free, just download and install, then run.
It will tell you everything about your PC - what Win fixes and updates
are
missing, if your AV software is uptodate, what is running in background,
what starts up with windows, blah blah, it is a full audit of
everything on
your PC and will guide on how to fix etc.

This is the cnet download site with a review:
http://download.cnet.com/Belarc-Advi...-10007277.html

Or the Belarc home site with tutorials and guides as well as the
download:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Now click on one of my vids and give me a thumbs up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMlITD1t8eU
Thanks I will give that a go

On Sun, 13 May 2012 13:09:05 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Sat, 12 May 2012 17:25:49 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article , Stephen
Wolstenholme wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2012 14:36:31 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Friday, May 11th, 2012, at 14:03:11h +0100, Roderick Stewart wrote:

Microsoft have evidently recognised the simple fact that if you want
to sell something successfully you have to make it easy for the
people you hope will buy it

By coercing PC manufacturers to pre-install it, and only it, on the PC
product being sold.

But who would buy a PC with anything else pre-installed?

I would. Not only that, I have done so.

The point being that lets me and the vendor ensure in advance that an
alternative of the kind I prefer does, indeed, install and run OK on the
specific set of hardware I'm buying from them.

Of course, I can then (and do) wipe that and install for myself to
ensure I know what is on the machine, etc.


Yes, I know how to do all that as well, but 99% of PC buyers just want
to plug it in and use Windows.

It's a bit more than that. Windows is only a small part of it from the
user's point of view. They want to use the standard, common,
applications that run on a Windows PC.

Another way to put it is that 99% of PC buyers want a "default" system -
one which does not require them to make choices and decisions so as to
be able to perform normal tasks in a normal way.

If a user has specific requirements the decisions about those and the
software to satisfy them will be made *on top of* the default system.


From a sellers point of view it makes
life easier. I don't want to produce multiple versions of my software
just to suite the tiny minority of users who use a PC without Windows.
I have been through that loop once and only sold one copy!

Steve

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On Sunday, May 13th, 2012, at 19:12:12h +0100, Graham. explained:

How many majored in quantum mechanics isn't stated.

It is not possible to know their level in quantum mechanics
and position on the commute to and from work both at the same time
due to the Go Transit uncertainty principle

On 12/05/2012 17:34, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In [email protected] w.co.uk, John
Rumm
wrote:
On 11/05/2012 15:55, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2012 14:36:31 +0000 (UTC), J G
wrote:

On Friday, May 11th, 2012, at 14:03:11h +0100, Roderick Stewart wrote:

Microsoft have evidently recognised the simple fact that if you want
to sell something successfully you have to make it easy for the
people you hope will buy it

By coercing PC manufacturers to pre-install it, and only it, on the
PC product being sold.

But who would buy a PC with anything else pre-installed? The few
people who don't like Windows probably want nothing pre-installed. The
last time I was buying a PC it cost extra for nothing!

As has been demonstrated by the return rates on many netbooks which were
available in windows and linux versions. Quite a significant minority
of the latter get returned and exchanged for the former. Presumably
just because it "different" or does not play the game on the CD their
mate lent them etc.

"Presumably" it means that some people chose in ignorance, or were mislead.

I would expect this to be true of most returners...

Although I'd be interested to know where you facts and figures come from.

Alas I don't recall all the sources, although I have read a few with
similar claims. At one point (as you might expect) MS was making a big
fuss over this. Dell had issues they reported on, but claimed that it
was mainly a failing in their advertising. People bought machines
attracted by the price, not realising they did not have windows. Some
more on Dell's comments he

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08...dows_netbooks/




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Ah hah! I've found a rumour, and let it be said that I always admit
when I'm wrong. :-)

I've been searching the web for evidence to support Jim's assertion
that Microsoft are pressurising vendors into using secure boot (where
the OS must be "certified" to the BIOS).

I've found one story which suggests that they may be pushing for it (or
even insisting on it) for W8 computers using the new ARM chip.

These will only be phones and tablets to start with, as the ARM won't
run any current Windows applications (which are compiled for the Intel
architecture).

I'll see if I can find out more, and will post links later.

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Steve Thackery wrote:

I've been searching the web for evidence to support Jim's assertion that
Microsoft are pressurising vendors into using secure boot (where the OS
must be "certified" to the BIOS).
I'll see if I can find out more, and will post links later.

Sorry, I assumed you were already aware of various links such as Matthew
Garrett's

http://mjg59.livejournal.com/
http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/

In article , Stephen
Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sat, 12 May 2012 17:25:49 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article , Stephen
Wolstenholme wrote:


But who would buy a PC with anything else pre-installed?

I would. Not only that, I have done so.

The point being that lets me and the vendor ensure in advance that an
alternative of the kind I prefer does, indeed, install and run OK on
the specific set of hardware I'm buying from them.

Of course, I can then (and do) wipe that and install for myself to
ensure I know what is on the machine, etc.


Yes, I know how to do all that as well,

Then I'm puzzled by why you asked your 'question' if you knew quite well
why some *do* buy a "PC" sic with "anything else pre-installed".


but 99% of PC buyers just want to plug it in and use Windows.

Where does your "99%" figure come from?

From a sellers point of view it makes life easier. I don't want to
produce multiple versions of my software just to suite the tiny minority
of users who use a PC without Windows. I have been through that loop
once and only sold one copy!

That shows the advantage of open software which allows other to either
compile/install from source or modify to suit their system.

Slainte,

Jim

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In article , Graham.
wrote:
On Fri, 11 May 2012 20:06:50 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

Burlington

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...=4601273602 3
61000 Hamiltonians commute outside the City for Work; 24000 to Burlington

How many majored in quantum mechanics isn't stated.

Not having seen the 'facebook' page I'm wondering if that is an ingenious
joke on the use of the Hamiltonian in QM.

Slainte,

Jim

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