Tuning Windows Vista’s
Performance
We often wonder why our workaday computer chores
seem to take just as long as they ever did, despite the fact
that hardware is generally more reliable and more powerful
than ever. The answer to this apparent riddle relates to
Parkinson’s Law of Data, which I mentioned back in
Chapter 1, “An Overview of Windows Vista.” On a more
general level, a restatement of Parkinson’s Law is as follows:
The increase in software system requirements is directly proportional
to the increase in hardware system capabilities. For
example, imagine that a slick new chip is released that
promises a 30% speed boost; software designers, seeing the
new chip gain wide acceptance, add 30% more features to
their already bloated code to take advantage of the higher
performance level. Then another new chip is released,
followed by another software upgrade—and the cycle
continues ad nauseum as these twin engines of computer
progress lurch co-dependently into the future.
So, how do you break out of the performance deadlock
created by the immovable object of software code bloat
meeting the irresistible force of hardware advancement? By
optimizing your system to minimize the effects of overgrown
applications and to maximize the native capabilities
of your hardware. Of course, it helps if your operating
system gives you a good set of tools to improve and
monitor performance, diagnose problems, and keep your
data safe. Windows XP came with a decent set of client
tools, and Vista improves on them, although not with
anything radically new or earth-shattering. Vista’s performance
and maintenance improvements are evolutionary,
not revolutionary, but they’re definitely better than
anything we’ve seen in a Microsoft client operating system.
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Performance
We often wonder why our workaday computer chores
seem to take just as long as they ever did, despite the fact
that hardware is generally more reliable and more powerful
than ever. The answer to this apparent riddle relates to
Parkinson’s Law of Data, which I mentioned back in
Chapter 1, “An Overview of Windows Vista.” On a more
general level, a restatement of Parkinson’s Law is as follows:
The increase in software system requirements is directly proportional
to the increase in hardware system capabilities. For
example, imagine that a slick new chip is released that
promises a 30% speed boost; software designers, seeing the
new chip gain wide acceptance, add 30% more features to
their already bloated code to take advantage of the higher
performance level. Then another new chip is released,
followed by another software upgrade—and the cycle
continues ad nauseum as these twin engines of computer
progress lurch co-dependently into the future.
So, how do you break out of the performance deadlock
created by the immovable object of software code bloat
meeting the irresistible force of hardware advancement? By
optimizing your system to minimize the effects of overgrown
applications and to maximize the native capabilities
of your hardware. Of course, it helps if your operating
system gives you a good set of tools to improve and
monitor performance, diagnose problems, and keep your
data safe. Windows XP came with a decent set of client
tools, and Vista improves on them, although not with
anything radically new or earth-shattering. Vista’s performance
and maintenance improvements are evolutionary,
not revolutionary, but they’re definitely better than
anything we’ve seen in a Microsoft client operating system.
Download
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