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[methylatedspirit]

That's good to know, actually, I don't often account for CPU bottlenecks, since all the PCs I've been asked to look at are all very competent, all perfectly capable of running Windows 10 well (the oldest having a U-series 4th gen i5 with 4 GB of RAM, which I'd still argue is good enough for office work).

What I do is looking at Task Manager as soon as the system boots. If, say, disk usage is locked at 100% for minutes on end, and the CPU's basically sitting around doing nothing, then it's a disk bottleneck. If the CPU's pegged at 100%, struggling to load things in, then it's a CPU bottleneck. The tweaks you suggested are a good idea at that point, but personally, I don't think there's anything saving such a system. If it struggles to run Windows 10, it'll probably struggle to run anything else.

[Reelya]

That's good to know, actually, I don't often account for CPU bottlenecks, since all the PCs I've been asked to look at are all very competent, all perfectly capable of running Windows 10 well (the oldest having a U-series 4th gen i5 with 4 GB of RAM, which I'd still argue is good enough for office work).

What I do is looking at Task Manager as soon as the system boots. If, say, disk usage is locked at 100% for minutes on end, and the CPU's basically sitting around doing nothing, then it's a disk bottleneck. If the CPU's pegged at 100%, struggling to load things in, then it's a CPU bottleneck. The tweaks you suggested are a good idea at that point, but personally, I don't think there's anything saving such a system. If it struggles to run Windows 10, it'll probably struggle to run anything else.

The animated transitions are worth turning off, but it's best to turn them all off then turn a few things back on. The point here being that if it takes time for things to appear when you click them vs appearing instantly, that's going to make using it faster in general, whether or not there are other bottlenecks.

[Superdorf]

I'm... not sure how I should feel about this.

[Naturegirl1999]

Oh, I stay logged in frequently, possibly still in multiple computers, unless using the forum from one computer logs out of the others, too. Not that the multi computer login is intentional, I just maybe forgot to log out on a library computer somewhere, or I’m logged in on a desktop that is now experiencing kernel mode traps and can’t be used to log out of them on that computer...I guess the point is it’s ok to be logged in for extended time, so long as we’re not causing server issues. To Toady, if I’m logged in too often, you can log me out if I’m causing issues from the Forever login

[Egan_BW]

I'm... not sure how I should feel about this.

I've got 463 days
also light theme sucks, free your eyes

[KittyTac]

It's weird but I don't like the Bay12 dark theme. Maybe I'm too used or something.

[delphonso]

I think that only counts how long a window is open. I'm at a mere 14 days but I almost exclusively browse from my phone and close tabs.

[Naturegirl1999]

Yeah, it thinks I’ve only been logged in for 66 days, but I know I’ve been on the forums for longer

[MaxTheFox]

I often close the browser to play games so I'm not on for a very long time despite being very active. Just 9 days.

[Kagus]

215 days for me, but I've been a member since... 2007? I don't even remember at this point. Before Z-levels were a thing, in any case.

[Frumple]

My login time appears to still be a matter of public record, so...

[King Zultan]

I've apparently spent 112 day logged into this forum, and I don't feel like any of it was a waste of time.

[Naturegirl1999]

What are Z levels?

[KittyTac]

What are Z levels?

Vertical dimension in Dwarf Fortress.

[Naturegirl1999]

What are Z levels?

Vertical dimension in Dwarf Fortress.

oh right, I for some reason thought it was a new Pokémon thing, like Z moves