Funny question on howstuffworks

[jfall]

Anyone read howstuffworks.com? Take a look at the question of the day.. one of the funniest I have ever seen LOL

Someone suggested during an online computer game that someone press Alt and F4 at the same time. Another player said you better not. I've asked AOL people about this but have gotten no response. Can you tell me what would happen?

 

[MichaelD]

Before you hit Alt-F4, try this;

Start--> run. Type "Command" then type "Format C:" without the quotes. Your computer will act like it's brand-new!!!! Your HD will be cleared of all that "useless garbage" that computers just love to save! Try it, you'll like it and thank me later. 😀

 

[Rallispec]

😀

 

[Spooner]

holding down the "Power" button gives your computer more power and runs faster

 

[SerraYX]

Originally posted by: Spooner
holding down the "Power" button gives your computer more power and runs faster

What did the turbo button do on older computers?

 

[crypticlogin]

Originally posted by: SerraYX

Originally posted by: Spooner
holding down the "Power" button gives your computer more power and runs faster

What did the turbo button do on older computers?

"Turbo" is case manufacturese for "do nothing, look pretty."

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: SerraYX

Originally posted by: Spooner
holding down the "Power" button gives your computer more power and runs faster

What did the turbo button do on older computers?

IIRC it switched the machine into 4.77 MHz mode for XT compatibility.

 

[Freejack2]

Tapping Ctrl-Alt-Delete a few times in Windows 9x will double it's performance.

 

[Zenmervolt]

What did the turbo button do on older computers?

On my old 80486/66 it switched between 33MHz and 66MHz. I think the rationale was to provide a slower environment for older programs that would run too fast at the blisteringly high speed of 66MHz. Way back when, programs were written such that they moved as fast as the computer allowed. Frame rate didn't just increase, but the entire program increased. I remember running a driving game from my 80286 days on the 80486 and it was unplayable because everything happened too fast with the 66MHz speed.

ZV

 

[BennyD]

"is you computer running a bit slow? it must be thirsty!"
"tip it on it's side and dribble a bit of water into the round slot, shake it up and voila..."