Some of the remaining 10% might be offroad, right?

Good question. Other comments favor NO or just TRIM (which is something else and was an issue when, long time ago, you couldn't yet set things up to do this automatically). Arguments on the hardware side are pretty convincing, but then still: - hardware: why is reading/writing the same bytes in different sized packages so much slower for small packages? - what about the OS having to emit many more diskrequests, switching from user mode? Can't that slow things down? - and finally, what about measuring? My impression is that it does make a difference. So, max once a month, when I believe it is useful, I do a full defrag. There is (in my case) an argument against in differential backup (diskimage): defrag will cost many more backup bites than without defrag, so much so, after a few backups, that a new complete backup is an option. So, I will lower my defrag frequency even more to say once in 3 months. Never say never!

Others have already done the funny and relevant answers. On the boring side, then: - what makes your app need (more) performance? CPU, GPU, disk IO which of the/any lot? - if you anticipate need for tuning, use a language which has (decent interaction with) a profiler. After all, optimizing software (in any language) usually gives better performance upgrades then the choice of language, extremes excluded.

I was not aware of this, using Firefox exclusively for just a month now (on a windows box btw). Googling Firefox freezes PC permanently at unpredictable times, forcing me to force-restart pc | Firefox Support Forum | Mozilla Support[^] puts it at hardware (graphics) hardware acceleration. Did you try this? Perhaps video watching suffers, haven't tried.

In my case, a single person business, it took a month of grit and irritation. It seemed that the org in question had never had a Dutch request, I had to explain that the verified pdf I sent was sufficient proof of my business being registered by the proper authorities; that after they kept asking every time more outlandish evidence without saying why. I'm 100% sure that in my case the money did not cover the effort ;P

more likely, embed thyself

Was going to say I never had anything like this. Well, but failure to start into Windows (must have been 7 at the time) I had once and it was cured after noticing the memory modules were not clearly endorsed, or rather, I could not get anyone to say that they had a working config same as mine. So I changed the memory, which had practically be given to me, hated to spend money on an uncertain thing, but then it worked ok. And yes, it was an ASUS mobo, like all others I worked with. Afaik/reputation-wise Asus has good builds but documentation is not of same level.

I succeeded in keeping the "same" PC without fresh install from windows XP (to W11), due to similar considerations as you. Of course, nothing remained exactly the same, including MB. I did have to buy a new license for W7, but not afterwards, even after changing the MB, cpu and system disk. This may not be possible with an OEM license, not sure. I haven't documented my steps, am sure I had some headaches, but issues got solved, so try approaching this as an adventure. Some have advised to use VM's for old software, but I fail to see how this would help in your situation. Disk cloning I did with Acronis, though I changed to Macrium because my older Acronis installation was about impossible to deinstall, which I wanted to do because its drivers blocked core isolation security. (backup software tends to have a lot of drivers) Such issues tend to take quite a bit of time (not being a sysadmin myself). And issues with your W10 installation will hopefully be removed by the W11 install, but I am not sure about the MS store and (not getting) updates part.

Google in, Google left out?

I really like 'punblishing'!

Not a rant: I suggest YAAR. Yet another almost rant. Anyhow, this is superstition terrain, anyhow testing your stability and rationality to the utmost. First advice: Don't keep looking at it, go do something else. I usually find that I have a chore left or need coffee. Did it finish yet? Did you shake it a bit, stroke it with the mouse? Hit the control key a few times? I generally take updates up front, which gives me a weird sense of control. With the obvious weekly backup I feel like when I stow a small umbrella going when it's not even raining. Will surely prevent rain from happening to me! (Does most of the time, too) Cheers, Jan

Dutch. Not double, not single, even married. You can look it up :laugh:

My understanding was that the engines were not used. If I took that one wrong, sorry. But engines give forward thrust irrespective of the behavior of the wheels (assuming they can turn), so in that case the plane would go forward anyway, the wheels just having to turn faster in response to the belt.

The airplane does or does not lift off owing to the upward airflow forces on the wings. If the air does not move relative to the airplane (or vice versa) the plane will stay on the ground. And the speed of the conveyorbelt relative to the air close by will cause some drag, therefore some lift, but it is likely to be way too little, unless you add a quite signifant ventilator to help. That should be pretty obvious, but I miss the joke - if there is one?

Could it be an accidental rebuild all proces clogged in mystery which did the job? Probably I'm approaching this too simple. No offense (ever) meant :laugh:

Sure, there's a whole proces. For me often like this: Agitation, walking around and most succesfully, going to the toilet, the idea hits home in a double relief, anticipation walking back to confirm and often yeah, Victory! Then, a bit of an inward, not seeing much, complete rest, hardly a heartbeat and feeling good.

Checked the bios version? It can be a bit of a pita the way e.g. asus has organised the bios updates, but I do think it is worth it. Esp. when you upgrade your cpu on the same MB, which is often an option with AMD.

meh 😂

Terrible thing, but... I discovered this interwonenness (is that a word at all?) about 35 years ago. There is no way to tell users to change their habits from a programming chair and all sorts of less palatable motives might be involved (only at the userside, of course...). You need to (re)formalize a (set of) workflows before you can expect acceptance, because even if there is no spontaneous acceptance, you can now enforce it.

Love you for bringing this up. Spent my best years doing C, starting on Atari ST. Now I'm lazy and use C++ (up to a point). Much more productive, owing mostly to other people's work (ashamed). Long live piraCy!