Samapico Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 I'm reformatting this beast... just for some cleaning up If you don't see me in a while, it didn't go well lol
Dav Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 i hate reformatting, takes far too long. My last was about 4 months ago
Samapico Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Posted June 17, 2008 This is why you hate Windows? why? My computer was still working very well... Far too long? I started reformatting at 9pm yesterday, at 10:30pm I was back online on Windows messengerMaybe took an hour or two to go through my files and backup what I needed; but most of this was already on my other par!@#$%^&*ion.
Dav Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 I never go back online until updates are completed and everything is installed properly, probably why it takes me so !@#$%^&* long.
Drake7707 Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 TRAITOR! nah, a mac is useful if you browse internet or use office a lot. But that's about it (sure is quite expensive to do only that o-O)
»Lynx Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 I use the following programs on my computer: Adobe CS3 Master Collection <-= Available for the MacMicrosoft Visual Studio 2008 <-= A different (better) package is available for the MacMicrosoft Office <-= Available for the Mac, and the mac also has iWorkVMWare <-= Bootcamp>VMWare and I can use parallelsContinuum <-= Runs fine in parallels, and looking into WINEMessenger <-= Available for the Mac... and others... <-= All can run in parallels I personally would rather use a Mac any day over Windows. But I guess it took a while for me to get used to the Mac environment, though. -Lynx
»doc flabby Posted June 17, 2008 Report Posted June 17, 2008 I just buy a new computers, they so cheap now
Samapico Posted June 17, 2008 Author Report Posted June 17, 2008 Wow... just browsing internet is like 2x faster now
Drake7707 Posted June 18, 2008 Report Posted June 18, 2008 yeah if you don't ipconfig /flushdns or clean out temp int files (including the hidden subfolders Content.IE5 or Content.MSO) and defrag your c: once in a while it tends to be a loooot faster on reformat ^^ I would have formatted mine today, but i forgot i 'lend' my only working windows cd to a friend .... siiiiiiigh
Dav Posted June 18, 2008 Report Posted June 18, 2008 i use CCleaner to keep my temp nice and clean. Will probably do another format in a couple of months now i have found my winXP pro key again (on home atm)
»Lynx Posted June 18, 2008 Report Posted June 18, 2008 I'm getting a Mac. You don't need to re-format those because they don't suffer bitrot. -Lynx
NBVegita Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 Just make an image of a fresh build, with all of your apps in place. That way you have an easy way to reload your system after a format. As for macs, I'd rather not buy a machine for $2000 that I could build for $400-800. No matter if you're for or against mac, you have to admit the compatibility is a pain in the !@#$%^&*. Even my fiance after being a maccer for life is having me build her a machine right now.
rootbear75 Posted June 19, 2008 Report Posted June 19, 2008 Just make an image of a fresh build, with all of your apps in place. That way you have an easy way to reload your system after a format. As for macs, I'd rather not buy a machine for $2000 that I could build for $400-800. No matter if you're for or against mac, you have to admit the compatibility is a pain in the !@#$%^&*. Even my fiance after being a maccer for life is having me build her a machine right now.just curious as to whats soo special about a mac machine that you cant run OSX or w/e on a PC?i thought Apple made their software and OS compatible on an Intel machine
Samapico Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Posted June 20, 2008 Weird................ Now, when I plug something in my front audio port, the back port is muted... If I was using headphones, it would be fine, but I'm using the front port for a second set of speakers that I want to be able to easily unplug, cause I also use them on my mp3 player sometimes.Before the reformatting, I could use both ports at the same time without a problem...I think I have a different audio driver than I used to :Saccording to my saved PCmark results, I used to have 'HD Audio render', now it's a SoundMAX thingy... I have a bunch of different drivers stored, but it would be kind of weird that 2 different drivers would fit for the same item, no? Rebooting... more to come edit: It auto-reinstalls the SoundMAX thingy now... And I broke some other driver lol edit2: actually, I think the 'broken' device is something that appeared to replace SoundMAX while it was uninstalled, which is why it can't find a proper driver, cause the sound is already handled by soundmax now. So uninstalling it should fix... rebooting
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