"Adam Albright" wrote in message
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On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:21:06 -0400, "Billy Smith"
wrote:

You are talking to Adam Not So Bright. Its amusing these guys keep
complaining about crashes but Ive had XP for about 6 years and no crashes,
Vista about a year and no crashes. Nice.

Did I miss some "logic" in that silly comment? No, just another patsy
that doesn't have a clue. Let me explain the facts of life to the
armatures here one more time in simple terms maybe they can
understand.

How often one might expect to see Windows "crash" is proportional to
what you use your computer for. An analogy would be you wouldn't
expect your car to have a major mechanical breakdown if all you did
was drive it up and down your driveway once a week. However if you're
trying to tow a two ton boat and trailer up a steep hill for miles
every weekend then something breaking down is far more likely to
happen.

It is obvious from reading many of the posts here that a lot of people
merely "play" with their computer. That's like driving that car back
and forth on your driveway. Of course just surfing the web, reading
email, maybe writing some short document or crunching some numbers in
a spreadsheet isn't stressful to your computer or Windows so expecting
it to see crashes under those circumstances would be silly and yes if
that's all I did I wouldn't expect Windows to crash for years either.

On the other hand some of us actually WORK with our computers
stressing it to the limit like that car straining to pull that boat
and trailer up a steep hill for mile after mile. The chances of
Windows crashing when it is running under heavy load increases the
likelihood something will hang, stop working or the system just
getting sluggish.


Using the logic of running a severe strain on your computer resources, it
might be prudent to actually invest in a system with the proper tools to
complete the job. Instead of running a GB of Ram maybe its time to expand.
Same goes for processors, hard drives and having a backup external hard
drive in case something major fails.

Consider that a good backup drive from Western Digital costs maybe 100-200
USD and that would protect you from system crashes should they occur. The
average computer these days is very capable though. You're not running a
Windows 3.1 system or Windows 95 with 128 mb of RAM. Those were quite
different days at that time frame.

What is quite interesting to me is that often I have Windows Media player
working at the same time as doing QuickBooks, website development, and
working on business projects at the same time. Not to mention a multitiude
of other pop up things like Weatherbug, etc. I've never had the issue with
doing anything with graphics and pictures on here and having any issues.

For us so called amateurs as you call us, incorrectly spelled I must add, we
tend to know what works and what doesn't work. Its not rocket science for
the unwashed masses that you claim us to be.

What I have noticed over the vast many years I have been working with
computers is that out of the box systems tend to be clunky in ways. Either
not enough of a processor to do the job or not enough RAM to keep up with
the system. Hard Drives generally do what you need unless you need the
external for backup and in business and personal record keeping, that is
exactly what you must have just in case your drive fails.

My personal experience is that a lot of new systems are made new without
enough RAM which explains a lot of why your computer locks up. It has very
little to do with your operating system. Add a 100 buck piece of RAM and
you'll find that your computers operating efficiency will be better, your
program load times improved, and you will have less in the way of your
operating system hanging up.

Also, it might be prudent to use some good quality software from a
recognized vendor. The usual cheap way of doing things is not the best way
no matter how much you may save. I'm not suggesting that throwing money at a
problem is the end all. What I am suggesting for the people that bitch and
moan about their systems, is that doing things the right way will keep your
system operating smoothly. With that said, purchase a quality system with
the proper components that you need for the system. Buy a good processor,
good amount of RAM and good software. Add an external drive for backup and
do the job right the first time. Theres nothing like doing a job right the
first time and that saves you one a lot of headache and two a lot of time
and money figuring out what goes wrong later. You say that you can't afford
to do it right, then maybe you should examine what you have been doing and
figure out a way to operate your system with a minimum of headaches.

It isn't always the system that is at fault. In fact, with the new patches
coming up over time the operating systems generally improve. This isn't
precision parts manufacturing for the military jet fighter brigade. If
you're looking for that in mass production of anything, you better keep
looking and expect to pay out the cash to get something that performs
flawlessly.