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Quote from stock777:

with a decent video card, aero does not hurt performance, as far as I can tell.

this is negative hype from elitists.

what computer 'needs' 18 gig of ram?

even a frontrunning slimebag hft bandit can get away with less than that.
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My server runs 32GB of ram when I run my optimizations each night and I'm using about 60 - 65% of it.

Why are you so angry all of the time?
You need to get laid more often.
 
Quote from Bolimomo:

Notepad can be accessed via the same way as Wordpad.
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I've run Windows OS's and MS Office programs since the early 1990's and never heard of Wordpad.

But I just looked and it's there. How long has that been around?
 
Quote from mgookin:

I've run Windows OS's and MS Office programs since the early 1990's and never heard of Wordpad.

But I just looked and it's there. How long has that been around?
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Since the early 1990s :D
 
Quote from mgookin:

I've run Windows OS's and MS Office programs since the early 1990's and never heard of Wordpad.
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Wordpad is more elegant than Notepad. But I like Textpad (a freeware text editor) even better. Textpad can handle large text files - typical of log files from some software - than Notepad or Wordpad.
 
Quote from mgookin:

I've run Windows OS's and MS Office programs since the early 1990's and never heard of Wordpad.

But I just looked and it's there. How long has that been around?
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As per the Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

WordPad is a basic word processor that is included with almost all versions of Microsoft Windows from Windows 95 upwards. It is more advanced than Notepad but simpler than Microsoft Works Word Processor and Microsoft Word. It replaced Microsoft Write.
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WordPad was introduced in Windows 95, replacing Microsoft Write, which came with all previous versions of Windows (version 3.1 and earlier). The source code to WordPad was also distributed by Microsoft as a Microsoft Foundation Classes sample application with MFC 3.2 and later, shortly before the release of Windows 95. It is still available for download from the MSDN Web site.
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However, the amazing fact is the simple text editor "Notepad" has been around for so long and is still reliable and popular despite the entry of other advanced word editing software. :) Please read the following from Wikipedia

Notepad is a simple text editor for Microsoft Windows. It has been included in all versions of Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0 in 1985.
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Quote from Bolimomo:

Wordpad is more elegant than Notepad. But I like Textpad (a freeware text editor) even better. Textpad can handle large text files - typical of log files from some software - than Notepad or Wordpad.
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Again from Wikipedia (Notepad):
"There are many third-party replacements for Notepad with additional functionality, including both free software (e.g. Notepad++ and Notepad2) and freeware (e.g. TED Notepad)."
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Quote from stock777:

with a decent video card, aero does not hurt performance, as far as I can tell.

this is negative hype from elitists.

what computer 'needs' 18 gig of ram?

even a frontrunning slimebag hft bandit can get away with less than that.
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Here is an easy example of how a modest system could need/use 18gb RAM:

Take a quad-socket server, a cheap one with only 3 DIMMS of ram per socket but 12 DIMMs total. If you were to run 6GB per CPU that is very modest, even a bit lacking - but the total system RAM would be 24gb. With 4 sockets/CPUs you can run a multi-client Windows Server 2003 or 2008 OS and could run 5-10 independent ATS on the same box.

My Dell boxes have 9 DIMMs and two CPUs so that's pretty reasonable at 9gb per CPU. Each day of tick data is roughly 2.5-3GB (for the symbols I usually use). To load up a week at a time into memory takes up to 15gigs of RAM which makes 18 a bit light. 777 its pretty reasonable what people do and usually people don't load up crazy RAM or computers just for bragging rights.

LOL & +1 on the "need to get laid" comment.
 
Quote from SuperCruz:

Many versions of Windows have been released, yet Windows XP still tops:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20128371-75/windows-xp-usage-dips-but-its-still-top-os/

Does that mean Windows 7 could not catch up, but Windows 8 is looked forward?
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20129034-75/windows-8-already-eyed-by-many-businesses-says-survey/
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Most common in use does not mean best performance. I use 7 every day. A few times per week I have to use an XP box and the difference is substantial. XP has been patched and repatched a gazillion times. It is slow as shit. It is an old dog.
 
Great post mgoodin.

Windows 7 is fantastic, the explorer system is great, it's bug free and is not in your face like Vista (even though I liked that, others didn't).

Windows XP is now over a decade old, and there really is no reason to use it with the possible exception of automation, but certainly nothing related to people or trading work.
 
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