re: Vista start-up times

TechieBird — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:38:44 GMT

Hi James - great post. I came here after reading Eileen's :o)

The reason I restart Vista (albeit about once or twice a week, certainly not every day) is because I have too many flaky apps and devices that either start to hog resources (and aren't easy to restart to get them to release again) or just don't cope well with going in and out of standby or hibernate.

It's a shame that the operating system itself is probably more stable and resilient than ever, but the increasing number of add-ins and toolbars we add to (even the best behaved of) our apps means we jeopardise this stability with every productivity-enhancing widget we install.

With time-to-market being more important for most small app developers than long-term stability, and small, single-purpose apps and add-ins being more popular than ever, I can't see the picture getting much better anytime soon, at least not for the home user.

On the plus side, my work desktop is locked down more than ever and runs just fine. The more crap I install at home (no, I never learn) the more evangelical I get about locking things down at work!