Grzyb wrote on 2024-12-03, 18:36:
Shponglefan wrote on 2024-12-04, 00:59:
Deleting temporary files.
chinny22 wrote on 2024-12-04, 01:18:
I used to tweak windows to squeeze every bit of performance out of my hardware and even do a clean install of Windows once a year. I took pride in having a clean streamlined OS.
yes (and i'll add any registry tinkering there too), all these relate to maintenance and optimising computers of the past, now if there's a big ssd, quad+ cpu and lots of ram doing all the maintenance and performance tasks just doesnt seem to have any practical return.
I also don't "set up" the desktop or features to my liking now, I just work with the defaults mostly
badmojo wrote on 2024-12-04, 07:51:
I recently stopped reading news of any kind, which for years was the first thing I did whenever I booted up a computer or picked up my phone, and then I'd obsessively check it during the day.
Ignorance is bliss!
Interesting as there is a strong computer usage connection - one thing with windows i dont like is that it seems that if you hover in the wrong place it wants to reveal the latest global misery mixed in with celeb banality as a pop up
I would never have wanted to agree with the statement ignorance is bliss when young, but it is true to some extent. new reporting has changed in the last decades anyway, from updates of facts and attempts at explanation to a kind of click-bait and invasive filming of traumatised people, with scant explanation, and so on (and its all so partisan now too)
on habits i have gained - cleaning the inside a bit more! at least the fans, no wonder some of my early PC's got so hot!