January 10, 2005

Speed up your computer

Uninstall Windows

Is your PC bogging down? Do all of your p0rn sites take too long to load? Then check out the tips in this article. Excerpt:

Open media files fast. If you want to launch an image, video, or audio file quickly, you should look for outside help. Irfanview is a marvelous little program that opens nearly every type of media file in a flash. It even lets you touch up photos and images. Irfanview won't optimize your system, but it will let your system access media files a lot faster. And it does it for free. ... Stop using Internet Explorer. Microsoft's Web browser is a hog. Switching to the Mozilla Firefox or Opera browser can yield swifter program launches, faster page loads, and an all-around smoother ride. In my personal experience, Firefox has proven the fleetest browser, but Opera consumes the least system memory--useful for older systems with 128MB or 256MB of RAM.

Here's the deal, if you're truly interested in a fast, high-performance machine: get rid of that spamware disguised as Microsoft Windows. I've long called Windows the world's biggest computer virus. Think about it; what does Windows do?

1) It takes up huge amounts of your hard drive
2) Calling it a memory or system hog is a conservative statement
3) Periodically, your PC will seize up for no good reason or just plain crash
4) Windows is everywhere; it is the envy of all computer viruses with regards to its worldwide distribution.

5) And here's the kicker: you paid for this software.

Posted by Physics Geek at January 10, 2005 03:11 PM StumbleUpon Toolbar Stumble It!
Comments

So... what browser do you recommend for a system with 32meg of RAM whose upgrade slot is physically inaccessable without a blowtorch or at least a hammer & chisel?

Have I mentioned how much I hate my work computer?

Posted by: Harvey at January 10, 2005 03:26 PM

I suppose Opera, but you might be able to grab lunch while it's loading.

Posted by: physics geek at January 10, 2005 04:37 PM

To show you how old I am, my first reaction was "32 meg? That's a lot of... wait a minute."

But then, I happened to find the "32K RAM" button off my first computer in the cellar yesterday.

Another reason to hate Windows: It changes its behavior at random. Options check or uncheck themselves for no reason. You can see bit rot in real time.

Posted by: Bob Hawkins at January 10, 2005 10:04 PM

Whipper-snapper. I still have the 8-256k RAm chips that gave my first computer a whopping 2 Mb of memory.

Posted by: physics geek at January 11, 2005 03:16 AM