Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 10th Oct 2005 13:30 UTC, submitted by Sujhata Shah
"Vista Beta 2 is scheduled to launch sometime in November. While that might be a fair bit ahead in time, there are a number of new features that have already been added to Windows Vista since the Beta 1 build. In this article, we will briefly discuss the integration in Windows Vista and where Microsoft is headed in its journey towards releasing its much-delayed OS." In the meantime, a new Vista build has been leaked to the internet. Screenshots included.
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2005-10-02
Idle time for my cpu is pretty limited
Besides that, Windows has a poor scheduler. It doesn't handle heavy loads too well. Which I can see several times every day. Even Win2K3 seems somewhat sluggish to me (and Win2K3 is quite fast as it is).
A CPU cycle saved in one place means, I have another CPU cycle to use somewhere else where it really matters.
In danish we have a saying: "Mange bække små, gør en stor å" whichs translates pretty much to "every little helps". That's why a CPU cycle saved is a CPU cycle gained.
But yes, I'm probably alone with this view, and a gained CPU cycle means a task takes smaller time, and we all know: Time is Money.
So yes... In a sense I get paid for "idle" CPU time. But then, we all do