Things which make computers go slowly/crash that really shouldn't

Opening the volume control on Windows start bar. Takes fucking (relatively) ages!

how old is your computer m9

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On my work laptop:

  • Booting up
  • Joining a Skype call
  • Shutting down
  • Opening more than one IDE at a time.

Internet Explorer crashing for no reason, then Windows trying to figure out why.

On my work computer, obviously, I’m not a pensioner.

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*work laptop.

I have no idea. I would estimate I am the fifth employee to be given it.

might be time to request a new one

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pahahaha

That’s shiiiiit.

Recently put an SSD and 32 GB of RAM in my work machine and it’s like a new beast.

Last year they upgraded my machine to 8GB of RAM. It’s still running 32-bit Windows 7.

sigh

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your spreadsheets must run like a dream!

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is itunes still complete shit?

That’s so fucked. I have 64 bit, yeah

But the SSD made most difference.

haha i remember on this old laptop i used to have I would often forget that i had even opened itunes by the time it actually popped up in front of whatever else I was doing.

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I’m pretty sure it’s still really terrible, unfortunately I have to use it to get my own tunes onto my ipod for important listening wankery, really wish there was another way.

At the moment, something I’m developing but I can’t work out why. :scream:

This is guerrilla marketing for Apple isn’t it.

On PC Winamp could do this. Not sure if it still could, though.

chucking them in the ocean

having loads of tabs open. it’s ONE INTERNET why does having so many tabs make a difference. I’m only looking at them one at a time.

don’t @ me