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To defend those of us who disable SuperFetch (and it seems there are a lot - I personally don't feel we're WRONG here). I personally like my Windows to just load up and login and be ready to go so I can start using applications instantly - I hate waiting for stuff to finish loading, etc. SuperFetch does add on another minute or two's worth of disk activity and holds up me doing the stuff that I want to immediately.

I'm more than willing to accept that for many users it'd be a great feature - but I personally don't want to hear the hard disk graunching away any longer than I have to. And as others have said - I don't mind if an applications takes a few seconds longer to launch.

No other OS does this, and I don't think they ever will - not because of copyright or other such reasons, but simply because of the perception of the system working longer / harder than it has to and tieing up resources based on what the OS thinks you're going to load.

No other OS does this, and I don't think they ever will - not because of copyright or other such reasons, but simply because of the perception of the system working longer / harder than it has to and tieing up resources based on what the OS thinks you're going to load.

Linux does this, Mac OSX does this. What other OS are you talking about? :p

To defend those of us who disable SuperFetch (and it seems there are a lot - I personally don't feel we're WRONG here).

There is no "right or wrong" and there's certainly no reason to defend anything. It's your computer to do with as you wish. Whether or not someone else thinks you are making a smart decision is irrelevant.

Linux does this, Mac OSX does this. What other OS are you talking about? :p

Ubuntu definatly dosnt do this.

When I first setup my web server after bootup the hard drive spins down and usually dosnt spin up for like another two-three hours. Of cause now it's a different story.

As for Mac, Tiger, no way, Leopard, seams to do it, but not for like a few minutes or anything, more like 10 seconds.

Linux does this, Mac OSX does this. What other OS are you talking about? :p

As far as I know they cache applications as they open - but they don't actively load programs that they expect you to use. And if they do, they're doing it a hell of a lot more efficiently than Windows does as once I get to the desktop under OSX there is no more disk thrashing at all. Desktop loads and that's it.. ready to rock.

Why disable sidebar? I am a huge fan of having disk space, weather forecast, and network usage displayed to me right on the desktop.

Even on a widescreen display I find sidebar just hogs too much space. And the inconsistent size / shape of applications is too annoying. I like the desktop to be totally uncluttered - icons and all.

I disabled UAC and Sidebar

Why disable sidebar? I am a huge fan of having disk space, weather forecast, and network usage displayed to me right on the desktop.

I never use the desktop :s

all the widgets seem useless to me - im never at the desktop more than 5 seconds :/

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