how-to block ads
|
RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
 ·XMission
| Will Vista stall Net traffic? Vista may cause an increase in DNS traffic, but not to the extent predicted by Mockapetris, Microsoft countered in a statement provided to CNET News.com last week. Someone save this quote, it will be interesting to see what happens next year. After all, despite hearing the 64K memory statement since around 1985 and now having it now said it never happened  ........
and if Vista was all of a sudden deployed everywhere, This is the statement that may make the slowdown not true. I am not converting until I have to, and I know a lot of others that will not. (well, I do have a co-worker who has alpha and beta'ed it since the day it was still a dog, he SAYS he likes it now.)
--
I am not lost, I find myself every time. | |
|  
Jodokast96
R.I.P Bassman442
Premium
join:2005-11-23
Erial, NJ
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Will Vista stall Net traffic? said by RayW  :I am not converting until I have to, and I know a lot of others that will not. I just converted my last machine over from 98SE within the last few months. As it is, I only use 2k now. I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon. | |
| | RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
| Re: Will Vista stall Net traffic? 98se, 2K, and xpPro at home. The Linux machine died and I have too many microsoft only programs that have to run  .
On the work front, we are being forced to upgrade our 2K laptops (and all other Intel systems I am told) at work (US government) to XP. Kind of stupid, 400 MHz processors with 128 Meg of memory running XP?
--
I am not lost, I find myself every time. | |
| | | 
Sabre
Di relung hatiku bernyanyi bidadari
join:2005-05-17
 ·Comcast
| Re: Will Vista stall Net traffic? said by RayW :On the work front, we are being forced to upgrade our 2K laptops (and all other Intel systems I am told) at work (US government) to XP. Kind of stupid, 400 MHz processors with 128 Meg of memory running XP? Been there. Still have several at work. On 4GB hard drives. They run. (Strictly speaking, they run. Very poorly.)
I've had XP for less than a year, and I have too many other drains on my resources right now to upgrade to Vista. I think that's one of the major reasons this stalling claim is overblown. There won't be much at first, and perhaps it will push those who need to upgrade backends to do it.
--
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. | |
| | | | roady1
join:2003-11-13
Cleveland, OH | Stop yer whinin... Old laptops like that run just fine if you learn to tweak the startup and graphics processing...I'm on XP on a Celeron 300 w/90 mb of ram. Unless you NEED quicktime, shockwave, and flash for work, it does what it's supposed to. | |
| | | | | RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
| Re: Stop yer whinin... said by roady1 :Old laptops like that run just fine if you learn to tweak the startup and graphics processing...I'm on XP on a Celeron 300 w/90 mb of ram. Unless you NEED quicktime, shockwave, and flash for work, it does what it's supposed to. Whining? Look at the bigger picture and dig out your wallet.
XP modified may run just fine, but what is the point in upgrading 500+ stand alone laptops used as test controllers and diagnostic aids from 2K to XP, except to give Gates and company more money/pay back of bribes? 2K worked fine WITHOUT TWEAKING. This is $50000+ (granted, a mere drop in the bucket for the feds) in YOUR tax dollars wasted for no value added (not counting the $100/hour labor rate to do the updates and testing, plus any application changes required).
--
I am not lost, I find myself every time. | |
| | | | | RadioDoc
58ef2c0
Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11
·AT&T Midwest
| Re: Will Vista stall Net traffic? * ding *
But all those limping DNS systems can't be blamed on Microsoft, so there's no rabble-rousing punditry possible. And these guys (past accomplishments, notwithstanding) live by stirring shit at Microsoft's (and other large corporations') expense.
--
Toolmaster of La Grange. | |
| | | 
MooJohn
join:2005-12-18
Milledgeville, GA
·Windstream
| Re: Will Vista stall Net traffic? Exactly! Providers have neglected DNS for far too long, upgrading everything else while leaving it on half-ass equipment with marginal speed.
In the 90s, the typical network admin mindset was "how good can I make this network?" while today it's much closer to "how little can we do to just keep it as-is?"
--
John M - Cranky network guy | |
| 
redxii
too big to fail
Premium,Mod
join:2001-02-26
Texas | DNS traffic? How many times does download.windowsvista.com need to be resolved to 70.183.191.81 during a single download? | |
| | RayW
Premium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
clubs:
·XMission
| Re: Will Vista stall Net traffic? said by redxii :DNS traffic? How many times does download.windowsvista.com need to be resolved to 70.183.191.81 during a single download? Well, the details were not posted as to why the guy said it. Just some hints that it will be more often due to checks for IPv4 and IPv6. Our local beta tester just went "huh?" when I asked about it. I am of the 'time will tell' opinion.
--
I am not lost, I find myself every time. | |
| | | |
|
·
·
·