Stan Beer
Monday, 09 June 2008 14:17
Opinion and Analysis
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In these days of environmental consciousness, claiming to
be green while producing desktop software that requires copious amounts
of local computer resources to run is a bit rich.
I hate to keep bringing myself up as an example but I'm the best one I know.
Like many other desktop computer users I know, in the past couple of
years I have grown increasingly frustrated with my desktop systems.
I was continually being told what an improvement the next operating
system Vista would be. I was told how much more secure it would be, how
much more stable, how elegant the new interface was with its Aero glass
windows.
I was also told how I needed Office 2007 because it was 10 years ahead
of what I was already using. That one came directly from the horse's
mouth at Redmond!
Of course, in order to take advantage of all this new software, I would
need a Vista compliant computer. I was told that Vista loves memory -
the more the better. It also loves lots of processing power, preferably
with a dedicated graphics processor.
So, hardware being relatively cheap these days, I invested in a desktop
monster with a Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT
GPU 256MB DDR2. It has so many fans, it would keep me up at night if I
didn't power it down. So problem fixed? Please read on to page 3
