a decision’s been taken for our production facility to move away from the trusty ole’ soundscapes audio editor, we’ve been using since forever, to a PC based solution
a variety of packages have been considered and it seems that we might end up with Adobe Audition along with an M-Audio Delta 44 audio card and Reason (adapted for M-Audio FX rack)
in short, smoke, mirrors and flashing lights
to make sense of having all these lovely things, i had to get a new PC in my production studio and it arrived this morning
his name is George
and he’s one of these
ps. i just put that up there cause i’m sure someone’s gonna ask me something i don’t know
It’s always nice to get a new 'puter, isn’t it? My most recent aquirement is a 2.4Ghz P4 named “Kizke”, a desktop to complement my Laptop “TinyGod” and my K6-2 server name d"Torg".
Bzzzzt! The correct exclamation is “Gack! Make sure you update to XP Service Pack 2!!!” And make sure you enable the new software firewall. For good measure it would also be a good idea to make sure the computer is installed behind some kind of router/firewall, but since the computer is at work it likely already is behind a firewall. For home users a little Netgear or Linksys router with a built in firewall is a good way to keep the baddies away from the computer and the things are under $50 now.
You’re forgetting that the software Dave needs to run is Windows software. There are no Linux software options for what he needs to do. A Mac may be an option, but possibly not. It depends on the software he needs to be able to run.
There are still things that Linux and the Mac cannot do that Windows can. For example, the software that is needed by my GPS to upload maps to the GPS is Windows only. If I had a Mac or Linux I’d have to run Virtual PC and install Windows to be able to use the GPS software.
Wrong. Your computer will run just as fast as before. See this benchmark review of XP SP1 vs. XP SP2.
If your computer slows to half the speed it was before then you’ve got other issues. Maybe a driver that needs to be updated to work properly with SP2. Maybe you’ve got viruses or spyware installed that are messing up the SP2 install.
Are you sure your computer is clean? Do a full virus scan and a full spyware scan before installing SP2. Do a full scan with Ad-aware SE and with Spybot Search and Destroy. If you’ve got spyware installed, that could be causing the problems with the SP2 install.
It is also a very good idea to backup your data before installing something like a service pack upgrade. Just in case.
There is plenty of info on the web now about troubleshooting SP2 install problems. If you have problems the issue has already been discussed somewhere on the web.
It shouldnt. Its suposed to only submit what it did on your computer every so often as so you shouldnt notice. At least thats what I’m told. Blah why did I even type this John is just going to post about it anyway and is going to be way more clear and have details.
Oh yeah so I a virus or ad ware can stop SP2 that seems lame. I if I had like linux I wouldnt need SP2 because there’s no ad ware/virus’s for it.
SP2 is Service Pack 2. It is a bunch of security fixes and other updates to the Windows XP operating system. It makes some significant changes to Windows XP to improve security and fix other problems. It is an update that everyone should install unless they have very compelling reasons not to. I’ll look around for something that explains what the update is in plain English and also explains in plain English what to do to update.
Folding @ Home does not use much bandwidth. It downloads a work packet that may be a few hundred KB to a few MB in size. Then it sits and computes. When it is done it sends the results. I think the results file can be up to a few MB in size. The only time Folding @ Home uses and Internet bandwidth is when it is getting a new work unit or sending results.
If you have a slow connection it could be annoying when Folding @ Home jumps in and starts uploading and downloading in the background. It does have a setting where you can tell it to ask before it connects to the Internet so you can control when it uploads and downloads. But that could be annoying too.
It also has an option to do batch processing of deadlineless work units. In batch mode you get to control when it connects to the internet.
You can try it and see if it’s downloading is annoying. You can expect it to finish a work unit (and want to connect to the internet) about once a day or once every couple of days depending on the size of the work unit. Some work units take longer to compute than others.
And make sure you enable the new software firewall. For good measure it would also be a good idea to make sure the computer is installed behind some kind of router/firewall, but since the computer is at work it likely already is behind a firewall. For home users a little Netgear or Linksys router with a built in firewall is a good way to keep the baddies away from the computer and the things are under $50 now.
