How much time do you spend waiting on the OS?

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From: John Herbster (no-swen_at_no-swen.com)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:11:14 -0500

It seems that with Win2K and WinXP I am frequently waiting on
the OS:

Sometimes I click to display a drop-down, see no evidence of
action for a second and click again, only to see the drop-down
and then to see it closing (as a result of the second click). It
happens with many or all Windows program functions.
If the OS would at least show the hourglass between the time of
my click and when it does the work I would not complain so much.

Then to delete a little file from the File Explorer, it may take over
thirty seconds if it is the first file that I have deleted in a while.

About twice a month, I spend about 15 minutes doing another
WindowsUpdate download and install of critical updates.
This year I have had to download and install major service packs.
Right now I am having to delay a trip to a customer while I am
waiting for the huge WinXP SP2 95MB update to download
and install. It has already taken over 90 minutes. (The pre-DL
and post-DL install are taking longer than the actual DL.)

I think that I am spending too much time waiting for the OS.
I am starting to think fondly of the older versions of Windows
and even DOS.

Do these waits bother you?

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