Cooler Computer
I have been playing around with my computer a lot over the last few days, trying to make it to boot up faster for a start. I have been uninstalling programs, altering system configuration, stopping services that I hardly every used. I did know that doing this would reduces the load on my computer and subsequently meant that that CPU would be cooler but I was surprised at how much cooler.
Yesterday I have about 60 background process running in the background on my PC, most of which start when Windows has finished loading. I have turned off most of the applications that I do not use that often and there are now 46 background processes running. The CPU temperature during idle has dropped from 53 degrees centigrade to 48 degrees centigrade that is a drop of 5 degrees. The system temperature has also dropped by 2 degrees (from 31 to 29), it really goes to shows how much different a few background processes can make.
May 2nd, 2006 at 4:01 pm
Get a Mac. We don’t worry about CPU temperature or speed. And we say ‘hi’ to each other.
May 2nd, 2006 at 4:05 pm
I have thought about getting a mac before, but they are more expensive and you can’t build a mac from strach. With the change to Intel processors this could change and maybe I will, but for now I will stick with Windows and Linux Fedora.
May 2nd, 2006 at 7:11 pm
That’s true, but if you make the best pre-made options when you buy it, you won’t have to worry about upgrading for at least 5 years… Macs run Windows as well and they also run Fedora. apple.com/getamac
May 3rd, 2006 at 7:05 am
You are missing the point of building your own computer. There is no fun in buying a computer already made, it is much better to build your own computer to the exact specification you want, knowing every part of your computer and how you can upgrade it later. Knowing that you have build the machine you are using gives you a feeling of pride that you just can not get with pre-build computers.
May 3rd, 2006 at 6:33 pm
So fucking what? You want to live with a bug-filled OS that’ll never get better no matter how hard it tries, fine by me, as with Linux, why use it at all? It looks nice, okay, I don’t really care. You’ll lose that feeling of pride as soon as you’re done building it.