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Onan the Clumsy

8th June 2004 20:10

Why...

...does it take Windows XP five full minutes to look for a file - by name - on one poxy hard drive, when Google can search the entire freaking internet for a phrase embedded within a document in less than a second?

:confused:

Maybe we should run Google XP

DeepC

8th June 2004 20:15

Quote:

Maybe we should run Google XP

That would be brilliant. Just a bare OS which does exactly what it says on the tin.

I wish.

DeepC

Naples Air Center, Inc.

8th June 2004 20:50

Onan the Clumsy,

Why does your hard drive take so long? (Sounds like you could use a good bit of tweaking!) ;)

Richard

goates

8th June 2004 21:34

Google has several thousand (70,000 worldwide is a number I read somewhere, but can't confirm right now) servers that are constantly searching and cataloguing the internet. WindowsXP can do something similar on your hard drive, but it is still affected by file fragmentation etc. The speed of your processor and hard drive will also have an effect on this.

goates

amanoffewwords

8th June 2004 22:09

goates, here?

goates

9th June 2004 00:37

amanoffewwords - That would be the one. Thanks. :D

goates

Naples Air Center, Inc.

9th June 2004 12:30

goates,

I bet S.E.T.I. would love to get their hands on all those spare CPU Cycles! :)

Take Care,

Richard

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