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Post by Anne on Aug 11, 2014 13:12:40 GMT
it hasn't, but I am not complaining about the boot up time, but the time it takes to load web pages. Since tabs first appeared I have been able to open multiple tabs and go to them as I choose, on 8 if the tab isn't open it isn't loaded either, this doesn't happen on my desktop so not my internet connection, it doesn't happen on my husbands 7 laptop, ergo - it is 8 to blame
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Post by Ratae on Aug 11, 2014 13:59:16 GMT
I expect SSD to be the norm as soon as the price begins to fall. Storage isn't a problem anymore, so huge drives aren't really necessary. But, I expect that these two windows o/s machines are the last ones that I shall buy, I'll go with Linux in the future.  |
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Post by Ratae on Aug 11, 2014 14:04:21 GMT
it hasn't, but I am not complaining about the boot up time, but the time it takes to load web pages. Since tabs first appeared I have been able to open multiple tabs and go to them as I choose, on 8 if the tab isn't open it isn't loaded either, this doesn't happen on my desktop so not my internet connection, it doesn't happen on my husbands 7 laptop, ergo - it is 8 to blame Anne, are you using the same browser on both machines. If you are and it's FF, check the tab settings in 'Tools' - 'Options' - 'Tabs' on the W7 machine, and check that the W8 machine is the same! |
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Post by Anne on Aug 11, 2014 14:25:23 GMT
No Dave, I'm using Chrome on all of them, but I'll see if that has a tab setting to check
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Post by Ratae on Aug 11, 2014 14:38:37 GMT
No Dave, I'm using Chrome on all of them, but I'll see if that has a tab setting to check Ah!...I have Chromium on my netbook and the tabs work differently on that. When I click to open in a new tab, it doesn't open until I click on the tab. Can't find a setting to change it either. That's why, I now mostly use FF on my netbook again. It is of course the prince of browsers, some folks just can't see that of course!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 14:47:26 GMT
Storage isn't a problem anymore, so huge drives aren't really necessary. Do you mean you don't need a huge 'C' drive for progs etc ? I still need lots of storage for 150+GB of image files x 2 backups ! |
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Post by calimanco on Aug 11, 2014 15:03:43 GMT
Storage isn't a problem anymore, so huge drives aren't really necessary. Do you mean you don't need a huge 'C' drive for progs etc ? I still need lots of storage for 150+GB of image files x 2 backups ! You put your OS and programs on an SSD and store your image files on a separate drive. Why are your backups on the C Drive? If it fails, you lose those as well. You should have at least two backups separate from the C Drive, one of which should be stored away from the computer in a secure place. |
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Post by Ratae on Aug 11, 2014 15:07:57 GMT
Storage isn't a problem anymore, so huge drives aren't really necessary. Do you mean you don't need a huge 'C' drive for progs etc ? I still need lots of storage for 150+GB of image files x 2 backups ! Yep, that's what I mean Al. There is 'Cloud' storage outfits like 'Dropbox', and even external hdds are reasonably cheap. I have 300gbs of film and tv files stored on my media player hdd. |
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Post by Ratae on Aug 11, 2014 15:11:18 GMT
Do you mean you don't need a huge 'C' drive for progs etc ? I still need lots of storage for 150+GB of image files x 2 backups ! You put your OS and programs on an SSD and store your image files on a separate drive. Why are your backups on the C Drive? If it fails, you lose those as well. You should have at least two backups separate from the C Drive, one of which should be stored away from the computer in a secure place. When you are as rich as Al, you only need back ups for your files. If anything goes wrong, he just sends his man to get another top of the range machine!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 15:52:50 GMT
Do you mean you don't need a huge 'C' drive for progs etc ? I still need lots of storage for 150+GB of image files x 2 backups ! You put your OS and programs on an SSD and store your image files on a separate drive. Why are your backups on the C Drive? If it fails, you lose those as well. You should have at least two backups separate from the C Drive, one of which should be stored away from the computer in a secure place. Sorry Cal, and Dave, I didn't really explain it enough. My setup is as follows - 1TB internal 'C' drive with OS, progs and data files. 2 external drives ('J'= Seagate 2TB (usb3)& 'K'= Iomega 1TB(usb2)), always plugged in and switched on and used for weekly back ups (or is it backs up ?). J drive is also used for a back up of car music etc. I use a Samsung M3 2TB (usb3)portable drive for my system back up and separate image files back up. This drive is not plugged in to the system except when doing my fortnightly back up to this drive. does this sound OK ? |
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Post by Ratae on Aug 11, 2014 16:44:10 GMT
Right then Al, you appear to have 4tb of external backup capacity, that is more than enough I would think for your needs.
So, if you had a machine with a SSD drive that has your O/S and program files on it, you would be cooking on gas I reckon.
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