Grem Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 4 hours ago, sarine said: In my experience every Windows version has improved on the previous - yes, even Vista. Hold on... when Vista came out it was almost, and I mean almost, as bad as ME!!! : ) They did fix Vista and it really ended up being a decent OS, just barley. But I only ran Vista on my home PC. I still was running XP on my music PC!! : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 2 hours ago, sarine said: Directory Opus: https://www.gpsoft.com.au Excellent tool!! I demo'd it and then found out how much it would cost to get a full version and I cringed. (I am a cheap sukka!!). However, I found that as I went back to regular Explorer, I missed Directory Opus. A lot!!! So I saved the money and got it. Have not regretted it at all. This was one of my more useful software purchases. Highly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraSin Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 49 minutes ago, Grem said: Excellent tool!! I demo'd it and then found out how much it would cost to get a full version and I cringed. (I am a cheap sukka!!). However, I found that as I went back to regular Explorer, I missed Directory Opus. A lot!!! So I saved the money and got it. Have not regretted it at all. This was one of my more useful software purchases. Highly recommend it. I ended up getting the 5 pack for all my computers. I can't live without it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarine Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 49 minutes ago, Grem said: Hold on... when Vista came out it was almost, and I mean almost, as bad as ME!!! : ) They did fix Vista and it really ended up being a decent OS, just barley. But I only ran Vista on my home PC. I still was running XP on my music PC!! : ) Initially I found myself switching between XP and Vista a lot, but ultimately I found that Vista improved on multitasking and multithreading. Also, 64-bit XP must have been the worst Windows I'd ever tried. I had loads of problems with unstable drivers and random crashing and BSOD's. At that point, I had already been transitioning to 8GB RAM so Vista was the only viable choice. In retrospect I think many people were dismayed by the way Vista utilized RAM. It seemed to chug all of their glorious 4GB of RAM, and some of it was questionably allocated to preloading executables for faster start-up times. Vista would free this RAM on demand, but if you only looked at the resource monitor with no apps running, you'd think something was seriously wrong. I mostly had no problems performance-wise after moving to 64-bit and 8GB RAM, after the first Service Pack. By SP2 Vista easily trumped XP. 44 minutes ago, Grem said: Excellent tool!! I demo'd it and then found out how much it would cost to get a full version and I cringed. (I am a cheap sukka!!). However, I found that as I went back to regular Explorer, I missed Directory Opus. A lot!!! So I saved the money and got it. Have not regretted it at all. This was one of my more useful software purchases. Highly recommend it. Indeed it is. I absolutely love it and its customizability. Not a bad price having spent some time in the audio software realm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 6 hours ago, sarine said: Some handy apps to make Windows more tolerable: Paid: Directory Opus: https://www.gpsoft.com.au Process Lasso: https://bitsum.com I am an even cheapa sucka than Grem. I am not sure I can bring myself to spend $89 AUD on a "file manager" (yes, I know it can do a whole lot more). It does look like a geek's dream tool and would be right up my alley if not for the price. I also have multiple machines I would want to use this on, and I really can't see myself spending $249 on this for 5 licenses. Process Lasso looks really interesting too, but I just don't do subscriptions. Give me the option to buy at a reasonable price and I would be all over this puppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xoo Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 28 minutes ago, Doug Rintoul said: I just don't do subscriptions. Give me the option to buy at a reasonable price and I would be all over this puppy. You can buy it outright too - £18 annual or £27 purchase (other currencies are available :-)). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Kevin Perry said: You can buy it outright too - £18 annual or £27 purchase (other currencies are available :-)). Thanks. It would help if I actually tried the dropdown menus. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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