On 06/04/2014 16:16, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 06 Apr 2014 15:35:41 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
>> It is a Win8 machine.
>>
>> I hate Win8
>>
>> Does anyone know of a "how to do things in Win8 that was easy in Win7",
>> tutorial?
>
> fdisk
>

The thought has crossed my mind.

> Install openSUSE. ;)
>

I'm having enough trouble with a real OS. I don't want one that has more 
colours than a rainbow pub. Or changes more often than I change my 
underwear. ;-)

> ....
>
> On a more serious note...
>

^_^

> Is it 8.0 or 8.1?

8.1

> 8.1 is /supposed/ to be better (I haven't looked at
> 8.1 myself yet).

Don't bother.

Also, ISTR that Microsoft may have allowed Win8
> customers to install Win7 instead if they wanted, though I might be
> remembering that incorrectly.
>


If that is true, it is an option. Although it does have some good 
points. Task manager is better and.. (I'll get back to you on the rest.)

It took me forever (at least an hour to download a citrix plugin for ie 
11 as... I don't know why "as". Somehow it was not happy using my 
hotmail address to verify who I was. Even though it is 15 years old. I 
have now lost count of my emails and logons). The machine is a bit 
faster than my old one.
Benchmarks:

Old m/c

8 CPU
00:9:01

CPU time used: kernel 0.95 seconds, user 3893.77 seconds, total 3894.72 
seconds.
Elapsed time 541.28 seconds, CPU vs elapsed time ratio 7.20.
Render averaged 484.31 PPS (67.31 PPS CPU time) over 262144 pixels using 
8 thread(s).

New one:

1CPU
00:15:10
CPU time used: kernel 0.09 seconds, user 909.73 seconds, total 909.83 
seconds.
Elapsed time 910.65 seconds.
Render averaged 287.87 PPS (288.12 PPS CPU time) over 262144 pixels 
using 8 thread(s).

8 CPU
00:3:39
CPU time used: kernel 0.25 seconds, user 1716.91 seconds, total 1717.16 
seconds.
Elapsed time 219.04 seconds, CPU vs elapsed time ratio 7.84.
Render averaged 1196.81 PPS (152.66 PPS CPU time) over 262144 pixels 
using 8 thread(s).

I don't quite understand the figures though.

I am glad that I know a few k/board shortcuts or I would not be able to 
do anything.

Enough moaning. I don't want to be an old fuddy duddy. Even though I am.


-- 
Regards
     Stephen

I solemnly promise to kick the next angle, I see.

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