my very clean desktop :

I was in shock when I seen one of my mates desktop which was 3/4's full......but that takes the biscuit a bit doesn't it? Plenty of RAM needed on that pc anyway. illepall

Yup, my desktop was once fully filled, until my friend cleaned it for me

shortcuts on the desktop use RAM?
BTW, smetimes ago, some of my shortcuts were out of the screen, so I had to make some folders and put some files in them to gain place , but it is not a good solution, I will take some time to clean all those (unuseful) things

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my very clean desktop :

I like your desktop :lovies3d:

My desktop

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my very clean desktop :

If everything seems under control, you're just not windowsing hard enough

clean with small samurize config for music and covers.

There you go.

It's a piece of my work..."a kinda vector" thing I did from a photo that I found somewhere. Since it's done with photoshop [bitmap] not illustrator [vector] strictly speaking it ought to be called a "digital painting"

I'm rotating through these pics as my desktop- (so ugly I will hear though I am sure)

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shortcuts on the desktop use RAM?
BTW, smetimes ago, some of my shortcuts were out of the screen, so I had to make some folders and put some files in them to gain place , but it is not a good solution, I will take some time to clean all those (unuseful) things

Yes, your desktop is kept in ram/cache so it loads faster. The more clutter you have on there the more it needs to store all the time.

So how come I have 2 icons on my desktop and the Commit charge is 17,000?

That seems not likely to me. Since that's how big it was with IconX and 1/4 of it filled

Because other things, such as themes and what not add to it. The peak commit on my rig is 451,512K, which means I don't even use half my ram, and a tad more heavy then normal, but my current use is 388M ¬_¬ I really need to format my PC. I've installed too much crap and one HDD is shot. But then again, it's mostly big files that make the difference (anything over 2kb mostly), but the bigger the file the more it hogs. Slap a 60mb file on your desktop. You'll see it jump.

http://www.shim.hunchme.com/monkeyshavingfun.JPG

dual screen lovin..

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Yes, your desktop is kept in ram/cache so it loads faster. The more clutter you have on there the more it needs to store all the time.

ya, I noticed this yesterday, a big cleaning is needed

Got another screen http://nismo.1g.fi/temp/desktop.jpg

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The most resource hungry stuff on there is the Windows theme poorly added using retro code, much like the rest of Windows. Right now there is software on your PC that was made for 95, but then dropped for 98. Just never removed. Which is why Windows XP is so bloadted (2000% bloated, I read on a webby, so not too sure if it is that bad), and why I run Windows XP To The Bone Edition. 200mb setup disc. About 350mb installed

Agreed konfab isn't too hard on the old ram, but I did notice that a lot of the widgets I used to run would take a chunk out of my proc >.< But I genearlly run nothing fancy. I think the most fancy thing I have on my whole system is the shadows under icons on my desktop.

As for winamp, v2 was and still is the best version. Much better back then, v5 is a slut :P But then if you get winamp v5 lite, it uses around the same as winamp v2, as it is just that. Much lighter on ye ol' system

gimme proof of that "bone(ed)" system like an image for install.
after that, WHO CARES? systems a getting blow-up and faster the same time...
don't believe me?
well i assume you have a facillity for programming, then tell me how the Moore law of everlasting speedup can be achieved if clock ratings stagnate?
RIGHT, parallel processing...
and therefore more cpu's to load with tons of fancy shit noone really needs.
so we work, consume, spend our money, have kids, bomb ourselfes back to stoneage and there we are... freed of all-Time-communicativity.
sorry for dramatic here but please tell me what difference does a bone sys make these days as windows ÍSN'T capable of real time responses in the first place nor could for example be used for steering model-planes or helicopters.
the latency is just too long.

then back to response times, ok you may have a point for a smooth running system, but for what cost in setup this machine?
not to imagine what effort to take if parts change or machine dies...

someone said to me, always running to be the first is pointless as there'll always be a better one, or some hot head shooting you of track, but that another story.
sorry for offensive posting, but i had a friend like you always the programmer always the neatest little progs in mind, who ended up insane<img> in hospital...

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Got another screen http://nismo.1g.fi/temp/desktop.jpg

Hey now! That black desk lamp... I have that same exact one lit up right now, it rules

and besides my desk

Little trivia: can anyone of you tell me from what game the MAIN picture came from?

and yes, if i get my hands on a good-quality wheel i'll learn to drive these monsters

Bladerunner?

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gimme proof of that "bone(ed)" system like an image for install.
after that, WHO CARES? systems a getting blow-up and faster the same time...
don't believe me?
well i assume you have a facillity for programming, then tell me how the Moore law of everlasting speedup can be achieved if clock ratings stagnate?
RIGHT, parallel processing...
and therefore more cpu's to load with tons of fancy shit noone really needs.
so we work, consume, spend our money, have kids, bomb ourselfes back to stoneage and there we are... freed of all-Time-communicativity.
sorry for dramatic here but please tell me what difference does a bone sys make these days as windows ÍSN'T capable of real time responses in the first place nor could for example be used for steering model-planes or helicopters.
the latency is just too long.

then back to response times, ok you may have a point for a smooth running system, but for what cost in setup this machine?
not to imagine what effort to take if parts change or machine dies...

someone said to me, always running to be the first is pointless as there'll always be a better one, or some hot head shooting you of track, but that another story.
sorry for offensive posting, but i had a friend like you always the programmer always the neatest little progs in mind, who ended up insane<img> in hospital...

How I wish I could. I seem to have left most of my OS CD's at home. Though I can get to the bone from my mate next time I'm in uni.
It's one thing giving us more processor power, but when the OS you use leaches most of it the gains are limited, which is why so many people like to strip their OS to nothing, to save as much CPU time as possable, so their big investment isn't wasted just running rubbish.

No, agreed Windows is sheddy as far as OS's go, but I play games, a lot. Thus I like the easy Windows has for playing games, it isn't perfect, but every little helps.
The cost of a my box. First build £250. Referb 1, it was £350, referb 2 hit £500. Computers are like Moores law, never ending black hole for money.
Changing dead hardware is simple. Yestarday I did my most recent work on my PC. Change a graphics card, added a sound card and a new 300gb HDD. The only problems with the new graphics card is I can't put my Zalman cooler on it, and it's so long it almost didn't fit in my case:



5mm clearance sucks. But good job I don't use all the slots in my HDD cage.

I don't run to be first, I just run at speeds that gets all my games 75fps (vsync'd) with full eyecandy.
As for going insane. I spent about 2 months in a mental home, I don't think a few programs will change anything.

here is mine.

Well I take back my last statement.
My explorer.exe charge is now 8,000. That's insanely low. I love it

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Bladerunner?

Wrong 2 guesses left

after failing i'll tell what it was...