Some one remind me to strip the trailer.
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Larry B. Macy, Ph.D." <macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu>
> Date: February 26, 2004 12:12:01 PM EST
> To: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
> Cc: "Spridget List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: computer brain trusts question
>
> It is XP Home, Except for ME that is about the worst OS version MS
> ever foisted on an unsuspecting public. Here at Penn, if you bring a
> computer in that has Home on it, they tell you to upgrade to XP Pro
> before they even let you on the network.
>
> We do not support ME or XP Home. Nope, nada, never.
>
> Larry
> (MacUser since before Windows was a gleam in Billy's eye, but I still
> have to support Windoze)
> On Feb 25, 2004, at 10:31 PM, Wm. Severin Thompson wrote:
>
>> OK youse guys,
>>
>> Here's one for all youse pocket protector CPU/Windows/computer geeks.
>>
>> When I first got my latest Windows XP Home system in Nov, 03... it
>> rocked. I
>> mean it just screamed. It seems as if as the various Microsoft Windows
>> security patches and updates have been added, the CPU has slowed down
>> considerably. This opinion is shared by many that I've spoken to.
>>
>> But, here's the thing that really has me puzzled... and its happened
>> for
>> quite a long time. All of a sudden, when opening a screen, or even
>> just
>> typing in an instant messenger window... the computer slows down to
>> the
>> point where the "program is not responding" error message comes up.
>> If I
>> wait long enough, it'll go away, and the program I'm tring to open
>> works, or
>> the screen redraws, or the test that I've typed slowly fills the
>> instant
>> messenger box.
>>
>> Upon doing a "control/ALt/delete"and looking at the Windows Task
>> manager/Performance tab shows a CPU usage of 100%. This will continue,
>> sometimes for minutes, and then, it drops back down to 2-4%.
>>
>> The machine has always been run behind a firewall, with anti-virus
>> software
>> that is updated regularly. I run Spybot to keep the clutter to a
>> minimum,
>> and the hard drive itself is defragged and optimized once a month.
>>
>> So, brain trusts that know all and see all in this Windows world...
>> what say
>> you? What's the problem?
>>
>> (And for all you smug assholes preparing to make some crack about
>> buying a
>> Mac... know that I'll walk to your house if I have to, in order to
>> club you
>> like a baby seal.)
>>
>> WST
>
>
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The bottom line: Sure, there's pain in adopting the Mac. But if I accept
that, I get to use a computer that works, and that pretty much does
what I
expect and want a computer to do.
Stewart Alsop
FORTUNE.com
Monday, June 25, 2001
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