Originally posted by: Navid
Originally posted by: nerp
There really isn't much need to "strip down" windows.
You mean, you have no need, right?
No he doesn't seem to understand performance & what bloat can do.
There are many apps/services running, that it doesn't matter HOW MUCH RAM & CPU speed you have, they can still lockup/crash and kill the system, it's just that simple.
Remove them, and you remove that potential problem.
Now I haven't run Vista but only a few times, so some of these apps/services I'm talking about if I'm not mistaken, can't simply be shutdown/stopped from "Computer Management" - "Services"
Now if everything thing can be, then so be it, no need to rip out, BUT look at how much space Vista uses, why install all of it, kill space if you don't need it, why waste 3-5GB of space that can be used for something else.
I don't buy into the thinking, that I have a 300GB hard drive, so I can waste.
Waste not want not....
I don't throw around money, and I don't throw around my hdd space either...
Bloat not needed is hdd wasted space, that's all there is to it...
In the end it all depends on how big your pocket books are, how much you've spent, how much you're willing to loose, and well, simply how much you don't really care, LOL
And it also depends on ONE very BIG factor, and that is, if
Frugality is a part of your vocabulary, because it certainly is in mine.
ALOHA
P.S. My hdd is a Raptor 150GB for gaming, that is all, and I certainly won't waste any of it on stuff I'll never use, that's foolish...
I like driving sports cars, not economy cars, and I don't like wearing one size fits all either. Oh and you can be frugal with your sports car and sizes too, hehe.