Comments for Dataland http://dataland.wordpress.com Rambling On Technology And Software Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:54:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Vista 4GB by completely wrong http://dataland.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/vista-4gb/#comment-195 completely wrong Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:54:43 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-195 the author knows nothing unfortunately microsoft are idiots and have seriously screwed up on the whole 64 bit 4bg+ issue you WILL have unused ram which is why u see machines that come with the very un pc like amount of ram of 3gb there is a hard 4bg limit and various things steal away ram addresses in the 32 bit space such as your cpu memory takes away your system ram address so a 512mb card there leaves u down to 3.5gb right off then all the addressses for any addon cards etc... its a disgrace really we need a proper hybrid system to ease the path to 64bit but no chace with microsoft.... sad this autor knows little just thinks he does the author knows nothing unfortunately

microsoft are idiots and have seriously screwed up on the whole 64 bit 4bg+ issue

you WILL have unused ram
which is why u see machines that come with the very un pc like amount of ram of 3gb

there is a hard 4bg limit and various things steal away ram addresses in the 32 bit space

such as your cpu memory takes away your system ram address so a 512mb card there leaves u down to 3.5gb right off then all the addressses for any addon cards etc… its a disgrace really we need a proper hybrid system to ease the path to 64bit but no chace with microsoft…. sad this autor knows little just thinks he does

]]> Comment on Online Missteps and Leadership Tunnel-Vision by Greg Glockner http://dataland.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/online-missteps-and-leadership-tunnel-vision/#comment-194 Greg Glockner Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:23:12 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-194 I agree with most of this, except the part about Google. At the time that Google was invented, there was already an established business around Internet search: Lycos, AltaVista, Excite, Inktomi, and Yahoo all come to mind, and I'm sure there are others that I don't remember. The fact that some VCs passed on Google doesn't surprise me - I'll bet that many said that the search business was already crowded, and that there was little room for innovation. History has shown that Google was so much better than the systems at the time that they were able to enter and win in a crowded market. I agree with most of this, except the part about Google. At the time that Google was invented, there was already an established business around Internet search: Lycos, AltaVista, Excite, Inktomi, and Yahoo all come to mind, and I’m sure there are others that I don’t remember. The fact that some VCs passed on Google doesn’t surprise me – I’ll bet that many said that the search business was already crowded, and that there was little room for innovation. History has shown that Google was so much better than the systems at the time that they were able to enter and win in a crowded market.

]]> Comment on Microsoft Live by Microsoft splits Platform and Services unit in two « Dataland http://dataland.wordpress.com/2008/02/15/microsoft-live/#comment-189 Microsoft splits Platform and Services unit in two « Dataland Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:01:45 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-189 [...] Either that, or at Microsoft there’s a lack of executive-level thinking ability by the CEO and executives.  Hmm… for the sake of the 90,000 Microsoft employees I sure hope this slowness to act is just due to momentum and  transitioning business focus.  On a related note: I kind of saw this coming: Microsoft Live [...] [...] Either that, or at Microsoft there’s a lack of executive-level thinking ability by the CEO and executives.  Hmm… for the sake of the 90,000 Microsoft employees I sure hope this slowness to act is just due to momentum and  transitioning business focus.  On a related note: I kind of saw this coming: Microsoft Live [...]

]]> Comment on Vista QuickLaunch Hidden Feature by Minuteman http://dataland.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/vista-quicklaunch-hidden-feature/#comment-187 Minuteman Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:06:36 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-187 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Minuteman. Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Minuteman.

]]> Comment on Vista QuickLaunch Hidden Feature by Ryan http://dataland.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/vista-quicklaunch-hidden-feature/#comment-186 Ryan Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:32:17 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-186 Great tip!! Great tip!!

]]> Comment on Vista QuickLaunch Hidden Feature by whyamistilltyping http://dataland.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/vista-quicklaunch-hidden-feature/#comment-183 whyamistilltyping Sun, 18 May 2008 20:12:51 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-183 Thats awesome! Thanks for the tip! Thats awesome! Thanks for the tip!

]]> Comment on Aptera Update + Video by Matthijs http://dataland.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/aptera-video/#comment-181 Matthijs Mon, 12 May 2008 00:41:04 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/aptera-video/#comment-181 Feel free to visit www.apteraforum.com Feel free to visit http://www.apteraforum.com

]]> Comment on Operating System Of The Future (Vista) by Ryan http://dataland.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/operating-system-of-the-future-vista/#comment-179 Ryan Tue, 06 May 2008 23:02:42 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/operating-system-of-the-future-vista/#comment-179 I disagree with what your saying. My friend bought a Dell Inspirion desktop with 2GB of RAM with Vista Home Premium with a Athlon x-64 processor, which is slower than an Intel Core 2 Duo. It sounds as though his computer would suck, but on the contrary, its very, very fast. Opening programs, of any type, takes less than 3 secs. Performance is quite good on his computer, perhaps getting a Vaio was a bad choice. Dell make much better computers. <blockquote> Ryan, For my personal measure of performance need and satisfaction, program opening time isn't the only, or even a significant, metric of performance and usability. What we each expect performance-wise really depends a lot on what we use our computers for, and how demanding we are. That said, when programs open really slowly it doesn't bode well for overall performance... and maybe I'm too demanding performance-wise :-) Since this post, I have upgraded my Vaio's RAM and upon opening the case I discovered it has two hard drive bays. This led me to jettison the existing slower-than-tar Sony OEM drive, and replace it with (2) of the fastest 7200 RPM laptop drives I could find. After doing the drive-swap, I'll have to say overall Vista responsiveness, usability and owner satisfaction are considerably much higher (and I likely won't purchases another Sony Vaio). For a quick Read performance compare-o, here are some HDTune numbers: For the <strong>Sony Vaio VGN-AR520E OEM hard drive: a Toshiba 57LQT0X7T</strong> Min Transfer Rate: 20.3 MB/sec Max Transfer Rate: 28.9 MB/sec Avg Transfer Rate: <strong>26.6MB/sec</strong> Access time: 20.0 ms Burst Rate: <strong>20.5 MB/sec</strong> Here are results for the recently upgraded drive: a <strong>Hitachi Travelstar 7K200</strong> Min Transfer Rate: 32.4 MB/sec Max Transfer Rate: 65.5 MB/sec Avg Transfer Rate: <strong>51.6 MB/sec</strong> Access time: 14.9.0 ms Burst Rate: <strong>74.6 MB/sec</strong> The <em>above benchmarks results, which are only for Reads,</em> show the Travelstar is head-and-shoulders above the OEM drive. Case in point: the Travelstar's Min Transfer Rate is 12% higher than the Toshiba's Max! What those numbers don't show is the Hitachi Travelstar's <em>vastly </em>superior write performance. Also, the Travelstar has a 8MB cache, while the OEM Toshiba has a 2MB. And, regardless of size, the Travelstar's 8MB cache is roughly 360% the speed of Toshiba's. All of this adds up to a significant increase in overall performance. On the two new drives, I have Vista installed on one, and the second drive hosts my development tools (SQL Server, Visual Studio 2005, VMWare Workstation, etc). My advice to any other dissatisfied Vaio VGN-AR520E owners: Ditch your Sony OEM hard drive and replace it with a Travelstar 7K200 or two. -- Dataland</blockquote> I disagree with what your saying. My friend bought a Dell Inspirion desktop with 2GB of RAM with Vista Home Premium with a Athlon x-64 processor, which is slower than an Intel Core 2 Duo. It sounds as though his computer would suck, but on the contrary, its very, very fast. Opening programs, of any type, takes less than 3 secs. Performance is quite good on his computer, perhaps getting a Vaio was a bad choice. Dell make much better computers.

Ryan,
For my personal measure of performance need and satisfaction, program opening time isn’t the only, or even a significant, metric of performance and usability. What we each expect performance-wise really depends a lot on what we use our computers for, and how demanding we are. That said, when programs open really slowly it doesn’t bode well for overall performance… and maybe I’m too demanding performance-wise :-)

Since this post, I have upgraded my Vaio’s RAM and upon opening the case I discovered it has two hard drive bays. This led me to jettison the existing slower-than-tar Sony OEM drive, and replace it with (2) of the fastest 7200 RPM laptop drives I could find. After doing the drive-swap, I’ll have to say overall Vista responsiveness, usability and owner satisfaction are considerably much higher (and I likely won’t purchases another Sony Vaio). For a quick Read performance compare-o, here are some HDTune numbers:

For the Sony Vaio VGN-AR520E OEM hard drive: a Toshiba 57LQT0X7T
Min Transfer Rate: 20.3 MB/sec
Max Transfer Rate: 28.9 MB/sec
Avg Transfer Rate: 26.6MB/sec
Access time: 20.0 ms
Burst Rate: 20.5 MB/sec

Here are results for the recently upgraded drive: a Hitachi Travelstar 7K200
Min Transfer Rate: 32.4 MB/sec
Max Transfer Rate: 65.5 MB/sec
Avg Transfer Rate: 51.6 MB/sec
Access time: 14.9.0 ms
Burst Rate: 74.6 MB/sec

The above benchmarks results, which are only for Reads, show the Travelstar is head-and-shoulders above the OEM drive. Case in point: the Travelstar’s Min Transfer Rate is 12% higher than the Toshiba’s Max! What those numbers don’t show is the Hitachi Travelstar’s vastly superior write performance. Also, the Travelstar has a 8MB cache, while the OEM Toshiba has a 2MB. And, regardless of size, the Travelstar’s 8MB cache is roughly 360% the speed of Toshiba’s. All of this adds up to a significant increase in overall performance. On the two new drives, I have Vista installed on one, and the second drive hosts my development tools (SQL Server, Visual Studio 2005, VMWare Workstation, etc). My advice to any other dissatisfied Vaio VGN-AR520E owners: Ditch your Sony OEM hard drive and replace it with a Travelstar 7K200 or two.

– Dataland

]]> Comment on Vista SP1 Improvements by chaoman http://dataland.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/vista-sp1-improvements/#comment-178 chaoman Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:18:15 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/2007/12/10/vista-sp1-improvements/#comment-178 I'm just adding my two cents to the improvements of SP1. 1. Large file transfer on network will not time out. 2. MSN messenger can now display music title I’m just adding my two cents to the improvements of SP1.

1. Large file transfer on network will not time out.

2. MSN messenger can now display music title

]]> Comment on Operating System Of The Future (Vista) by Vinny Andella http://dataland.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/operating-system-of-the-future-vista/#comment-176 Vinny Andella Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:16:58 +0000 http://dataland.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/operating-system-of-the-future-vista/#comment-176 Windows XP Service Pack 3 We have been getting mixed feedback from users that have installed the Windows XP SP3. One of the biggest complaints is Microsoft did not include Direct X 10. The service pack employs many features of Vista and seems to turn your current version of XP into a steppingstone for purchasing a full copy of Vista. Please be sure your current computer programs will be able to handle the transition to SP3 or you may not be able to use them anymore. Windows XP Service Pack 3

We have been getting mixed feedback from users that have installed the Windows XP SP3. One of the biggest complaints is Microsoft did not include Direct X 10. The service pack employs many features of Vista and seems to turn your current version of XP into a steppingstone for purchasing a full copy of Vista. Please be sure your current computer programs will be able to handle the transition to SP3 or you may not be able to use them anymore.

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