MalevolentEvil

contrary to what was posted here I've had these results. I ran this test for six weeks before my conversion. I set up a program to download a 100MB file on a friends FTP, ISP's FTP, a perma-file on the ISP's proxy, and a file on a web server inside the ISP's firewall run by a friend across town... every hour. it logged the results. when I went to win2K I ran the same tests and saw a low gain of 15% and a high gain of up to 60% in speeds. the highest gain was directly from the ISP's FTP and proxy, next was the web server in the firewall, and finally the FTP across the pacific. (BTW, I contacted my allies within the confines of the wall(ISP) and they garenteed there were no upgrades done to the backbones during my tests.) I have noticed that for some wierd reason win2K likes the shipped drivers better, when I upgraded the drivers for both of my nic's performance dropped slightly.... my worthless .02 cents

not neccasarilly in this board, or even this forum. but EVERYWHERE...at school or work... "oh, you ahve win2K? does yours take 3 minutes to boot? i mean geesh thats sooooooo long and I'm to impatient to wait, i cant waste that one minute of my life waiting for one of the best OS's made to boot up." then I tell them my record boot times, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, i just installed a controller card earlier today, took the boot time up to 6 minutes (actually 5:57, timed). :-) I'm so proud. that shuts them right up.

I mean.....why is everyone so antsy about boot time? 2 minutes? or 1:15? or 0:45? i mean isnt it developed from the NT kernal which is designed for stability meaning....NO NEED TO REBOOT.... I just got off a 4 month up time. turn on power management so the monitor goes off after five minutes and the HD's spind down after ten. I'm sorry, but I dont see the sense in whining about a minute or 2... its more aggrivation then you need, and what is 2 minutes???? if your turning your computer on to play at a lan, then use that two minutes to go stock up on snacks and soda before everyone else gets them at their regularly scheduled reboots, being as you wont haveto otherwise JUST SIT TIGHT geesh I've had my say.... I myself experience 4 minute boots. from the power going on. till explorer finishes rendering the desktop and systray and everything is loaded. SBLive Utils, WinVNC, winamp agent, AIM, MSN messenger, Attune (dunno what it is, or what it does, or where i got it, and I'm too lazy to kill it), Weatherbug (nifty weather app so you dont leave your dorm room dressed inappropriately for the day, includes forcasts and windchills :-p), ICQ, Real Media **** , G6 FTP Server, Seti@Home client. winamp also opens up and starts playing Mr. Rogers theme song. sooo all in all, i guess the lesson here is, stop and smell the roses. you might as well, cuz nothing is as sweet as win2K, remind yourself of that.