Re: DBUG> Windows XP - OT

[Larry Gray / Lambert Ezell Durham <lgray@hiwaay.net>]

At 09:11 AM 5/17/10 -0600, Lloyd Knowles wrote:
>Now the good news. XP is FAST!!

Lloyd,

Not to burst your bubble, and of course the important thing is that you're 
up and running in Highly Efficient & Profitable mode, but ... the increased 
speed you're now seeing is probably not because XP is faster but because 
your Win98 installation had problems that caused it to be (among other 
things) slow.  Indeed, most of the reviews I've read of XP have said it is 
marginally *slower* than 98, not faster.

The longer a system has been in use, the more software has been installed 
and uninstalled, the more program and driver upgrades and patches have been 
applied ... the more the system's performance will be degraded.  That's 
just the way it is with Windows.  As I posted here not long ago, one way to 
get a cheap performance boost periodically is to reformat your hard disk 
and start over.  And this doesn't have to be a lot of work, at least not 
after the first time.  A method like Nick Pyner's, in which the image of a 
freshly set-up and thoroughly tested "clean" install of Windows and one's 
core programs is a burned to a CD, can have you back at Square One in a 
matter of minutes.  It always amazes me how fast the exact same collection 
of hardware "feels" when nothing is done to it except a fresh reinstall of 
the OS and software.

Again, it's good that your initial experience with XP is positive.  But for 
those who might be wondering if a switch to XP is the quick route to a big 
performance boost ... eh, I'm afraid I'm a skeptic on that one.
         Larry Gray

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