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Skirball wrote:
Not trying to fan the flames of the Mac/PC war, but with Windows I really recommend reinstalling every 2 years or so. It'll seem like a new computer.
No, I don't actually do it myself on schedule (heh), but every time I do I'm amazed at how much better it runs. And then I always swear that I'm going to do it regularly. I recently had a disk crash and had to reinstall everything and my laptop flies now. Reinstalling everything is a PIA, but for one nights work I basically have a new machine.
That is pretty much true of any advanced OS ... every user, no matter how cautious and well-meaning, seems to collect a lot of cruft and unwanted clutter over time. A fresh install can be equated with a large dose of spring cleaning.
@Rusty ... I too, was taken aback when Apple dropped optical drives as standard equipment ... I must say though, most of my clients prefer a direct digital download of their files or USB thumb drives ... both methods are far superior in moving large amounts of data to customers quickly, not to mention the time savings burning CD/DVD copies ...
Optical disks went out of the picture as a secondary backup system once I started using 16GB CF and SDHC cards ...
Much like when Jobs eliminated the floppy drive as standard equipment ... These days, I rarely find the need to use CD/DVD ... who knew?
Not to mention, over the past 15 years or so, the only hardware issues I have experienced have been with optical drives. It seems the fewer moving parts, the better.
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