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Stompy · 08-19-2004, 08:30 AM

I very seldom go over 6 months without reformatting, but my work machine hasn't been done in about 2 years (!!!). You can tell... it runs HORRIBLY, but I can't ever seem to find the time to back everything up and clean it out (soon though, hopefully).

Of course, I'm talking about Windows, the OS that "ages". You'd think that they would've at least fixed windows to the point where you still wouldn't have to do this so often, but I guess that's MS for ya.

But what exactly causes this? By the "aging" I'm referring to the inevitable sluggishness of a system which generally occurs for no apparent reason other than date of install. You could have little to no apps starting up at boot, HD 40% free and completely defragged, and of course, no viruses or ad/spyware.. the thing will just run like the CPU/RAM is half of what it actually is!

But you reformat, install... and everything is golden once again!

Do Linux desktop users experience the same thing, or is it pretty much a windows-only thing?

08-19-2004, 08:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
Stompy Banned from being Banned Location: Donkey	How often do you reformat? I very seldom go over 6 months without reformatting, but my work machine hasn't been done in about 2 years (!!!). You can tell... it runs HORRIBLY, but I can't ever seem to find the time to back everything up and clean it out (soon though, hopefully). Of course, I'm talking about Windows, the OS that "ages". You'd think that they would've at least fixed windows to the point where you still wouldn't have to do this so often, but I guess that's MS for ya. But what exactly causes this? By the "aging" I'm referring to the inevitable sluggishness of a system which generally occurs for no apparent reason other than date of install. You could have little to no apps starting up at boot, HD 40% free and completely defragged, and of course, no viruses or ad/spyware.. the thing will just run like the CPU/RAM is half of what it actually is! But you reformat, install... and everything is golden once again! Do Linux desktop users experience the same thing, or is it pretty much a windows-only thing? __________________ I love lamp.