Everybody sort of keeps on discussing the bootup time of their PCs in the forums. The technical tests are conducted thoroughly to find exactly how much time (in micro-seconds) it takes to boot the system.
According to a relevant source, Windows 7 boots up in about almost a minute from the start time, when you assume that you take approx 5 secs to login as the relevant user. Now, if you check the article, it is soo bloody full of facts and results and the type of PCs they have used and what not.
Well, I do not see any such study conducted about the shutdown time. Well, why not I ask? I like to sit at my computer until the laaast minute and then rush out the door to do the other chores. And when I leave, I want my computer to shutdown FAST.
Now, I had XP installed in my computer, and then I had Vista and then Windows 7. All of them take a loong time to shutdown and I am there staring at the BLUE screen (I hope it would be blue screen of death, then I can just press the power button and turn it off for good 
) waiting for it to shutdown. I want my shutdowns fast.
Well, now that I have switched to Linux Mint 8 – Helena, I find my bootups as well as shutdowns to be exceedingly fast. My boot up time has gone down to almost 30 secs while shutdown is 5 secs. I think this is acceptable for me. Linux Rocks!
Anyway, on my same machine, Windows 7 dragged and dragged me with it shutting down and I am here drooling and waiting and *&^”%”*.
Anyway, I noticed that Windows 7 also slowed down a bit after the initial month (exactly like XP and Vista) and once I had a few apps running in my taskbar, opening a Word doc took me more than 10 secs, which is really unacceptable, right?
On this same machine, in Mint, I have more than 6 apps running (opera, firefox, twitter app for opera, multiple pidgin windows, rhythmbox and this openoffice writer on which I write my blogs) and I open up Thunderbird to check my emails, and Viola!, it only takes 2 secs to load, if even that!!!
I used to love Windows, used Linux from time to time but then eventually came back to Windows due to drivers and functionality and other issues. But now, I must say, everything I can do in Windows I can do it in Linux with more customizations and faster! I love my desktop right now (it has a cool Orange fire theme that I created myself, its that easy ! And the best part, it is ALL FREE!!!
Opensource is the way of the future, and sooner the people adopt it, the better.
GO LINUX!!! PENGUIN RULES!
2 comments:
bahahhaha... upgrade ur PC then blame win7
windows XP was arround for a decade its been a good long time for an OS to mature give some time to Win7 or Vista
and ull never wana leave that as well.
mine rocks in any tests be it startup shutdown whatever..and my machine is fully loaded with softwares :)
on top of that its working since 8 months without issues ...
even vista did not give me any issues it was working for a good 2 years on my PC :)
Vista had one of the best kernels (suprizin isn't it) yeah if you check out vista kernel facts its an amazin piece of tech.
i just cant relate u being an admin and strugglin to keep things moving in windows environment.! wake up dude.
as far as Linux is concerned its the best piece of tech. but sadly it ain't productive as windows environment when it comes down to development consumes loads amount of time to just configure and getting the initial setup up and running. waste of time i see. i had to take my mind off from the core business issue and solve the stupid tech glitch
belive me if you have ample amount of time open source is best .. but when it comes to quick fixes or you are lookin out for instant gratification open source should not really be your choice..
you see Microsoft makes thing easy and lets you focus on ur business after all its all about Money.. and every one is not technically gifted to fu** arround linux.
"upgrade ur PC then blame win7
windows XP was arround for a decade its been a good long time for an OS to mature give some time to Win7 or Vista"
I have, and that is when I decided to move to Linux. And I don't earn that much to keep on buying new hardware everytime MS releases new piece of software. That would be like buying horses because you have a whip :-|
And to say the least, my machine was loaded with Vista initially when I bought it, and wasn't satisfied with it earlier, and nor am I today.
I am not saying Win7 is not good. Just that it doesn't run on my hardware, whereas Linux does, and HOW!!! I have a 64-bit Turion processor and 1GB RAM.
"Vista had one of the best kernels (suprizin isn't it)"
What use is that if still keeps on crashing? Keep in mind that this piece of junk (Vista) came loaded on my computer!
I don't struggle with Windows, it just isn't giving me the performance I expect on my laptop!
And I completely disagree with the statement that Linux isn't as productive as Windows and takes more time to setup. Try out Linux Mint 8. It works Out-of-the-Box on almost all computers. It worked for me. The only thing that gave me a glitch was the webcam, but that was fixed too.
At one time, Linux was really hard and un-productive and took a long time to setup. However, that is not the case anymore. Most Ubuntu distros work out of the box on new hardware and most old hardware.
And even Windows requires drivers (even for LAN card, for Pete's sake). I have never come across this situation in Linux. No matter what your LAN card, driver is always around for it in every distro I have ever tried. And to be honest, these days with the package managers and Xwindows developing at the rate they are, trust me, Linux is as easy as it can get. And in some cases, easier than even Windows.
Want an example? ry configuring an IP address in Win7. How many clicks was that including the rights and the lefts? 3? 5? 7 I think. Not to mention the UAC that blocks everything everytime you try to install something. phew! In my distro, it was 4 clicks and any tom, dick or harry could configure it as easily.
Trust me, the scenario changed a lot in the past decade and as much as I shrink from saying it, I have to say. Finally, "Year of the Linux Desktop" has arrived for me :)
Post a Comment