On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:55:23 -0500, Leon
I'm not sure that will work Leon. Recent releases all offer to run like a classic version, but they're actually running as the most recent version in the background.
Yeah I can't complain, I went from 98se to XP to 7. IMHO XP was the first Windows program that worked reasonably well. Although 3.1 was not terrible.
If nothing else boot ans shut down with 7 is extremely fast for me, by comparison. Although my primary boot drivce is solid state.
On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:17:55 -0500, Leon
I went from 3.1 to NT, to XP and now Windows 7. Don't have one complaint yet about Win 7.
I've been considering an SD drive. Is the boot up really that much faster? How much time to you figure it saves?
Yes, I'm sure it's worth it if you use it a lot. I recently used it to make a 1-1 scale, 2-D template. However, after printing, the accuracy is only as good as your ability to glue together 2 to 4 pages which have margins. I believe there is room for improvement on this feature.
I'm still interested in it at $50, at $500 it's not going to happen. For you, the $500 is tax-deductable and you recover it in sales, so, as usual, it just depends on one's circumstances.
Bill
Add another "1" to that and I'll agree with you. Win3.11, "Windows for Workgroups", was when I finally switched from DOS to Windows ... but it took me until Win95 to stop using CLI, and then I still dropped out for admin and network stuff.
The most solid Window OS I ever ran were WinNT, 4 and up; and, strangely enough, Vista. I never had the problems with Vista that all the unwashed masses, fanbois and commentards did, and still have two laptops running it here at the house with far, far fewer problems than Win7 ... which still couldn't even make the change to DST without a three day hassle.
MSFT, under the d*****ad Ballmer, sucks and has lost whatever innovation it had ...
The big advantage to SketchUp for the building industry is ease of presentation, and dynamic modeling during the construction phase, both areas of use recently embraced by architects and construction managers.
Just in the past three years every single architect I know, and I know, and meet, quite a few at building seminars, has taken to using SU as to the goto tool for client "show and tell" ... the acceptance level has been amazing.
It is obvious to me that this is what Trimble has their sights on.
Only as viewer, and the best of those is "Cubits", which is very slick. Besides, the viewer concept plays _directly_ to the presentation strength of SU, as mentioned above.
I no longer take a laptop to client meetings, only take my iPad, running "Cubits".
That said, I can't imagine anyone who has ever done any 3D modeling seriously thinking they can actually do any worthwhile modeling with their finger on a current tablet interface/OS ... not something I would consider at this point even if it was remotely possible.
You simply can't blame the accuracy of multi page templates printed on a personal printer on ANY software.
I guess I'll never understand why folks feel compelled to state the obvious as if it were some astounding, heretofore unknown and irrefutable truth??
-- If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return? -- Margot Fonteyn
couple of seminars and to take official possession of the associated software. The one I bought came with Vista. The CNC itself runs on XP Pro and the PC based workstation, all tricked out with dual monitors and screaming video card, runs on Win7. I see no reason to change any of it. XP is hard core as it is stripped of everything, never goes online (It couldn't anymore). The Vista laptop does go on-line and I have never had a crash, bug or any problem for 3 years. I quite like it. The WIN7 on my workstation does things well enough to say that there are no 'real' reasons to chose a mac over that. The only reason I still have macs (6 in all) is that I have a shitload of software tied up which won't run on a PC. Adobe did make me a deal on CS5 for the PC that I now have licenses for both. Win7 has been absolutely flawless, although that box eats power supplies like it's candy....which reminds me that I never replaced a single hardware part in a 28 year history with macs and there have been a lot of different macs come through here. I still have my 128K mac from 1984. Still boots and then sits there in its wonderful uselessness saying 'hello'.
Completed chemo. Looks like remission, no we need to verify with a bunch of CTscans, MRI, hose-up-my-arse etc....(I think that is the technical term.) So, it's been good. My social crap gets hung out for those who want on Facebook, so I don't hang here much.
Nor will we po' folks ever understand why people who are making really good money never seem to consider their account balances. Unlike them, we run OUT of money if it isn't dribbled out in small bits.
-- If I have learnt anything, it is that life forms no logical patterns. It is haphazard and full of beauties which I try to catch as they fly by, for who knows whether any of them will ever return? -- Margot Fonteyn
That was, and still is, in itself and at the time, pretty much as astounding as anything I've ever seen for home use.
If you're standing in line at Starbucks and don't have the money in your pocket to buy a tall Mocha, no further reasoning, or repeating to anyone else, is needed to NOT buy one ... that is so "obvious" as to need no further telling ... except perhaps to a six year old.
So switch to a Mac and you'll be happy forever. That is, of course, unless you use an application that only works on Windoze.
John S.
run out of interesting/constructive things to say. The other option is to bullshit. Here's one: What colour Bentley should I buy?
Beige, I think we should paint the ceiling beige.
Ceiling? In a Bentley? Surely you jest? Drophead or why bother?
Hey, I can't find a person with your name on FB, I just looked. I know we hooked up on G+, but I find that to be a wasteland.
Boot up is about 15~20 seconds including the 15 plus "MY" programs that load at start up. I use Quicken and password protect it, As soon as I let go of the left click button on "OK" the register is there.
With than I mind I am also running at 3.3 Gightz Have 8 Gig DDR3 RAM and 1 Gig video and a 1 Tb HD for a majority of my data which is about
10% full.IMHO the biggest draw back to a solid stated drive is its size, mine is
128 Gb and plenty big but if it were 500 Gig I could store all of my data on there with room to spare. I absolutely would not consider a smaller solid stated drive.HomeOwnersHub website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.