Remember when you first bought your computer? it seemed fast right? well, if you've had it for more then 50% of it's usage lifespan then the most likely situation is it now moves like an old lady with a hip replacement. this is in fact annoying, frustratingly so.
if you have reached the depth of the degredation despare, then during word processing you may even have a considerable delay between pressing the key, and it's appearance on the screen.
I don't know about you, but i remember letters appearing as you hit keys being a feature that predates windows 95. This is clearly unacceptable.
And the startup-login times are perhaps the thing most brutally affected by the horrors of computer degredation, its not in your mind people, it's not nostalgia from when your pc was shiny. It really did start that fast back then.
I think there should be a special section of hell for people who release software that demands to automatically activate itself upon the computer being logged in. with a VIP room for the makers of software that runs permanently in the background, leaving their presense unannounced and undeactivatable.
So i propose a new rule of thumb, when you buy a new computer or install a new OS, time its startup from power button to happily sitting there, logged in ready to go (aka, folders and browsers open without delay.). this time is now your reference point, check your time every couple of months, if it ever reaches the point where it takes over 30 seconds more then your reference time, then it is time for action.
when the time comes, get all files you can't bear to lose off that rickety barge and reformat the hdd for the love of pizza! then do a fresh install. by refusing to accept these little bastards of programs, perhaps we will send some kind of message that they are not welcome.
If not, at least your computer will be ship shape.
EDIT: if you don't know how to do this stuff, ask someone with experience for advice, they shouldn't be annoyed, at least not when it saves them wading through your built up computer crud when something inevitablly goes wrong.
if you have reached the depth of the degredation despare, then during word processing you may even have a considerable delay between pressing the key, and it's appearance on the screen.
I don't know about you, but i remember letters appearing as you hit keys being a feature that predates windows 95. This is clearly unacceptable.
And the startup-login times are perhaps the thing most brutally affected by the horrors of computer degredation, its not in your mind people, it's not nostalgia from when your pc was shiny. It really did start that fast back then.
I think there should be a special section of hell for people who release software that demands to automatically activate itself upon the computer being logged in. with a VIP room for the makers of software that runs permanently in the background, leaving their presense unannounced and undeactivatable.
So i propose a new rule of thumb, when you buy a new computer or install a new OS, time its startup from power button to happily sitting there, logged in ready to go (aka, folders and browsers open without delay.). this time is now your reference point, check your time every couple of months, if it ever reaches the point where it takes over 30 seconds more then your reference time, then it is time for action.
when the time comes, get all files you can't bear to lose off that rickety barge and reformat the hdd for the love of pizza! then do a fresh install. by refusing to accept these little bastards of programs, perhaps we will send some kind of message that they are not welcome.
If not, at least your computer will be ship shape.
EDIT: if you don't know how to do this stuff, ask someone with experience for advice, they shouldn't be annoyed, at least not when it saves them wading through your built up computer crud when something inevitablly goes wrong.
