Comments on: Dear JAA – Computer life? http://justanasterisk.com/2009/08/25/dear-jaa-computer-life/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:57:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ab http://justanasterisk.com/2009/08/25/dear-jaa-computer-life/comment-page-1/#comment-302 ab Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:49:05 +0000 http://justanasterisk.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/dear-jaa-computer-life/#comment-302 It's funny but I'm not sure why this post was sent out again today :) Thanks for posting though! In the end, if I were to update this post, I'd probably add something about memory. My RAM is the only problem that I'm having with a 5 year old Dell desktop... 5 years!!! and it is running Windows 7!!! It’s funny but I’m not sure why this post was sent out again today :) Thanks for posting though!

In the end, if I were to update this post, I’d probably add something about memory. My RAM is the only problem that I’m having with a 5 year old Dell desktop… 5 years!!! and it is running Windows 7!!!

]]> By: Michael http://justanasterisk.com/2009/08/25/dear-jaa-computer-life/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Michael Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:46:22 +0000 http://justanasterisk.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/dear-jaa-computer-life/#comment-303 One can only imagine then the negative effect Vista had on Average Life Span of PCs during it's (continued but hopefully abating reign); with start up *and* shut-down/hibernate times that could take 15 minutes or longer, I'd bet most Vista users never shut down their computers. In fact, track the Earth's heat spike and the release of Vista and you might find some interesting correlation. This is an interesting article though the reason I don't shut down has nothing to do with life span; I have so many docs and sites open, that recreating each time would be a major pain in the **** ('arse' for those of you wondering). It would be nice if PCs could remember your state (sort of like Hibernate does) AND start fast. For instance, Firefox will re-start with your previous tab set-up. Why not just extend that to Word/Excel/et al.? Written from an HP Desktop that has been on since I bought it two months ago (except for the time Microsoft decided to reach across the continent and restart it without asking thank you very much) for that very reason. One can only imagine then the negative effect Vista had on Average Life Span of PCs during it’s (continued but hopefully abating reign); with start up *and* shut-down/hibernate times that could take 15 minutes or longer, I’d bet most Vista users never shut down their computers. In fact, track the Earth’s heat spike and the release of Vista and you might find some interesting correlation.

This is an interesting article though the reason I don’t shut down has nothing to do with life span; I have so many docs and sites open, that recreating each time would be a major pain in the **** (‘arse’ for those of you wondering). It would be nice if PCs could remember your state (sort of like Hibernate does) AND start fast. For instance, Firefox will re-start with your previous tab set-up. Why not just extend that to Word/Excel/et al.?

Written from an HP Desktop that has been on since I bought it two months ago (except for the time Microsoft decided to reach across the continent and restart it without asking thank you very much) for that very reason.

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