From: Cronos on
Jerry Peters wrote:

> Smart people make poor decisions all the time, look at Bill Clinton,
> or Tiger Woods, or even more apropos, Windows Vista.
> Your very smart people at MS *really* blew it with Vista.

People who feel the need to brag that they are smarter than others are
dumb fucks with an inferiority complex.
From: Cronos on
Rod Speed wrote:

> Doesnt happen with defragging, because the absolute vast bulk of linear
> access to very large files is with media files where it takes EXACTLY
> the same time to play the file whether its fragmented or not.
>
>
Not to open or move the file though. That's were defrag comes into play
and not FPS.
From: Cronos on
David Brown wrote:

> First off, everything is /never/ equal. Secondly, even if everything
> else /were/ equal, who would notice or care? Unless you are in a car
> race, a few percent longer or shorter on the journey is irrelevant.
>
> I am not claiming that defragmenting has no effect - just that in the
> great majority of cases, it has no /relevant/ or /noticeable/ effect.

Then I take it you never upgrade your PC because it is always fast
enough for you.
From: Cronos on
David Brown wrote:

> I suppose you are implying that I am parroting from Rod's posts? I /do/
> happen to agree with him in this matter - he is not wrong /all/ the time.

Anyone who spends all day posting in this forum has a few loose screws
so if that is who you choose as your hero then I guess you have a few
loose screws upstairs also.
From: Cronos on
Rod Speed wrote:

> So there isnt any point in upgrading from one to the other, stupid.
>
>

But there is a measurable difference so one is faster than the other,
dumbass.