RAM Upgrade! Party!
As the title implies, I upgraded the RAM in my computer today... w00t w00t!
I bumped my Sony Vaio laptop up to 768MB over the 512MB I was running on. There's a noticeable speed increase, not huge, but definitely noticeable.
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In response to Tom Major's comment on my last post:
I agree that Vista is going to be pretty incredible, and it is definitely going to be groundbreaking in some areas, but I look at it this way:
Look at how much faster the development cycle for OS X has been, they have been able to implement features in half the time that MS was promising to deliver them. (The "instant" desktop search is my favorite example of this, but there are others.) Heck, Google beat Microsoft on that one.
Microsoft has just gotten too big. What makes them so powerful is going to be their undoing, they have the strength to crush all the competition, but by the time they've brought that strength to bear the enemy has moved.
Right now I feel that (minus the massive user base, of course) Mac OS X is pretty much on a level playing field with what Windows Vista will be when it's actually released. That means that Apple still has a year and some change to to keep innovating, to keep advancing, Mac OS X 10.5 (Or maybe even 10.6, depending on how this goes.) will probably be out around the same time as Vista. That's two major versions from now. That's huge.
I think MS has the potentional to kill all the competition, but at their current rate it feels like they're going to show up after the battle has already been decided.
Another thing about Longhorn/Vista:
I know it's currently just in Beta stages, but right now the install process seems hopelessly broken... it's unbelievable the hoops I have to go through at times to get an install up and running.
I'm about to try to install the x64 edition again, because I really want to be able to run it.
Granted, Office 12/Office Vista looks like it's going to be simply stunning, let's just hope they don't kill productivity with impressive graphics.
I guess I'll work on that install now!
3 Comments:
I think Microsoft's response time will improve once they release Vista. One has to remember that Vista is not just a few things added onto XP, it is a complete rewrite of the operating system. If all they did to make Vista was make it prettier and simpler to use, they could have just released a XP2, but this is far from XP.
Also you mention MacOS. Of course I can't really say how future versions will look, but from what I've seen Vista easily beats the current version.
Overall I think it will be worth the wait :-)
lol the inside of me. no, normally doesn't come up durning a regular conversation. I'm an answer questions kind of girl, not a let me share all my secrets. my blog, (this is my only one now...I knew too many people on xanga, and it became drama filled, so I ran away...I wasn't directly involved with the drama, but I ran away anyway).
haha! ooh! i told your mom I'd call today. well, I e-mailed her that...hehe it was a funny one.
yeah. I talk more right now, cause I haven't talked that much lately...right anyway
my word : rapoi. (the verification anti-spam thing) rapoi...that's a fun word.
thanks for posting on my site dude
no one really reads its yet
peace,
chris schwing
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