Is tweaking your computer an obsession?

[Zedtom]

What is about having a perfectly tuned system that makes me want to install new drivers and update applications that are working with no problems? I'm running Win XP, so I always have the option of going back through System Restore to rescue myself...but, damm, I can't stop myself!

I know anti-virus updates and security patches are important, but everytime I tweak I create a new challenge for myself to get everything smoothed out.

 

[notfred]

Can your "perfectly tuned" system do this:

2:39pm up 90 days, 19:00, 7 users, load average: 0.14, 0.06, 0.01

Some people have different definitions of a "perfectly tuned" computer.

 

[CurtCold]

Originally posted by: Zedtom
What is about having a perfectly tuned system that makes me want to install new drivers and update applications that are working with no problems? I'm running Win XP, so I always have the option of going back through System Restore to rescue myself...but, damm, I can't stop myself!

I know anti-virus updates and security patches are important, but everytime I tweak I create a new challenge for myself to get everything smoothed out.

If it ain't broke dont' fix it...

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

If it ain't broke, overclock it.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I've had over 100 day uptimes on my linux box before ... and thats with no UPS.
currently its only at 26 days as i was changing out some hardware then

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: notfred
Can your "perfectly tuned" system do this:

2:39pm up 90 days, 19:00, 7 users, load average: 0.14, 0.06, 0.01

Some people have different definitions of a "perfectly tuned" computer.

What OS is that?

 

[acidvoodoo]

me windows XP is begining to crap out on me. i got a few temporary freezes the other night, and did the disk analiyze thing, and it ses i don't need to defragment, but i think i will anyway

 

[joohang]

Yes.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: kevin000

Originally posted by: notfred
Can your "perfectly tuned" system do this:

2:39pm up 90 days, 19:00, 7 users, load average: 0.14, 0.06, 0.01

Some people have different definitions of a "perfectly tuned" computer.

What OS is that?

redhat 7.2

 

[Kevin]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: kevin000

Originally posted by: notfred
Can your "perfectly tuned" system do this:

2:39pm up 90 days, 19:00, 7 users, load average: 0.14, 0.06, 0.01

Some people have different definitions of a "perfectly tuned" computer.

What OS is that?

redhat 7.2

I was going to say. I've been installing Critical Updates for Windows XP for the past few weeks...

 

[bmacd]

the last piece of hardware i put in this current box was a hollywood plus mpeg card. I'm not an obsessive tweaker. I'm happy when it works fine.

-=bmacd=-