Vista Post 1-Month

I've had the Vista operating system on my machine for the last month or so and have become familiar with the OS' quirks and workings. In my honest opinion, Vista is a downgrade in just about every sense of the word.

My system is a mid-level box with a dual core processor, 2GB of memory and runs on a dual 10K Raptor raid. XP was much faster than Vista is, even with all the graphical bells and whistles turned off and the system optimized for performance. The most irritating thing is my backup box that I just formated with a new XP install is noticeably "zippier" than my main Vista box. The backup system should be about 2/3 slower from a hardware perspective.

My biggest irritation is that the file handling in Vista is molasses slow. Opening a folder with fair number of subfolders takes seconds to resolve where XP handled it almost instantly. Transferring files is also much, much slower than XP, both locally and via network.

I did a clean install of Vista (and deleted the restore files), and I'm too lazy to reformat and upgrade from Vista to XP. Maybe I will take care of it in a month or so.

-- Dave

Oh Noes!

I have a somewhat sophisticated computer system. There are multiple boxes with specific purposes (MMOG macro programs running, media center, primary workstation, etc.). Well, I ran into a problem.

The fan on the video card on my media box died. This means I'm without television until I can get it replaced. /cry

Fortunately, it's not a huge deal. I grabbed an after market VGA cooling system and hopefully it will arrive today. The bulk of the "enthusiast" part means that I have to rearrange some key inner-workings to make room, but I am hopeful the problem will be minimal.

Dave

Sleep - A Wonderful Thing

Yesterday, I held a meeting with my lab and associates concerning my latest data set. It went well, but the whole process was a bit exhausting. I think I am going to be able to squeeze out a third publication with the new data that I have.

This morning, I am feeling pretty good. Ten hours of sleep is wonderfully therapeutic after a long day. :)

David