ChocolateJeff Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I came across this website the other day claiming to be able to boost Vista's performance up to 70% faster.. making it faster than Macs?? At first I thought it was impossible but after downloading the program for free and tried it, my computer was actually much faster!! (I don't know if it "eats Macs for breakfast" though but it is "faster") that's for sure. idk actually maybe its just me. Anybody here heard of ErrorSmart before? I am thinking of purchasing it but I don't know if there are better programs out there. THank U! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 This probably only works if your OS install is all crapped up. Vista is very speedy out of the box (once it's done updating and indexing) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-859956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SticMAC™ Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 BUT,But,but,,, it's still Vista! (It's even speedier in the box.....) SticMAN .... Vista is very speedy out of the box (once it's done updating and indexing) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-859967 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateJeff Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 @ SticMAN ..... ... riight... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-859981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 You can speed Vista up yourself without the use of a 3rd party program. As to making Vista 70% faster, I doubt that HIGHLY. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-859984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateJeff Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 @ vbetts Yea... how did they... measure that.. anyways?? :S Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 By basic things like file transfer, boot up time, shut down time, encoding, etc, benchmarks basically. I could see it being at a 30% increase of performance, but barely. And personally, I feel that 30% increase isn't worth the money. Even more when the program isn't 100% made to work on any Vista computer.(Which is the sad part of programs. Programs are made to run on any computer with the specified OS the same. But doesn't sadly.) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 All Vista needs to run its best is routine maintenance like any other operating system (or thing). There are probably tons of services and applications that run in the background of all OSes that may "slow" the computing experience down, but most users can not even notice the difference. I use both Windows Vista and Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.11 on a regular basis on the same PC, and they run about the same speed. I admit, OS X plays games a little faster (because the driver for my 5200 is {censored} for Vista), but Vista manages file sharing and regular every day computing better... So basically find what you like and use it, because you have tons of choices that are relatively the same... /My random tangent for the day. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateJeff Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hey I just found an app very close to this.. its called "Tuneup Utilities 2008/9?" and it seems to have the same functionality as this but a little more.. I think I might get that instead.. IDK.. I just don't want my vista NOT to die on me like after... 3 months or something because I need it for work and it NEEDS TO BE WORKING!!@! *sry about the caps* What do you think? invest in this Errorsmart? *lame name but cool interface* or Tune Up Utilities or Forget about it LET VISTA DIE!! MUahahaha... how do you tweak your vista? if any? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I came across this website the other day claiming to be able to boost Vista's performance up to 70% faster.. making it faster than Macs?? I find that highly suspicious. It is one of countless crappy apps claiming to make Windows faster. Have a look here: http://www.errorsmart.com/faqs.php So basically it is a registry cleaner (yet another one!) Download and install CCleaner instead, a truly free, very nice set of utilities: http://www.ccleaner.com/ Hey I just found an app very close to this.. its called "Tuneup Utilities 2008/9?" and it seems to have the same functionality as this but a little more.. I think I might get that instead.. More {censored}. Again, use CCleaner. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cain. Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 70% is BS, the developer's website only talks about 70% less boot time, not overall speed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR_WINDOWS-TEAM Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hello, I was reading your discussion thread and thought I could offer some useful information to you. I am working with the Windows Vista Outreach Team and would like to help. There are a few ways out there to speed up your Windows Vista’s performance. There was a Performance and Tuning Guide released a couple weeks ago and is full of tweaks and tips on getting more performance from Vista. You can get it over here at the Microsoft Download Center. In addition to those resources you take advantage of “Ready Boost”, which can use a standard USB memory Stick to “add” RAM to your system. All you have to do is put in a USB Memory Drive (max 4gig) and Vista will ask you to Allocate a portion of its memory for Ready Boost, you choose and it will use as additional Virtual Memory. It’s pretty slick and really speeds up your machine without having to take it apart to add expensive RAM. Hope all that helped. Rick Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacktrix2006 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The only thing that will make Windows Vista Faster is a sledge hammer man. I used to use Microsoft products but now i have ditched them for Mac! And by the way if you have been to the errorsmart website you more likey has a Virus or a keylogger or something its blacklisted! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 The only thing that will make Windows Vista Faster is a sledge hammer man. I used to use Microsoft products but now i have ditched them for Mac! There are 2 or 3 reasons why I still need Windows. That means, however, that sometimes I don't log in my XP partition for a month or more. I hope in the near future I'll be able to do everything either in Linux or in OS X. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860714 Share on other sites More sharing options...
(MoC) Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 In laymans terms: For everything to run smoothly object X needs maintanence. It's the exact same thing for Vista or Linux or OS X. You wouldn't let your car run without an oil change or new fluids, same for OS's, clean it, change things when needed, and it works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860898 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 In laymans terms: For everything to run smoothly object X needs maintanence. It's the exact same thing for Vista or Linux or OS X. You wouldn't let your car run without an oil change or new fluids, same for OS's, clean it, change things when needed, and it works. Hi MoC Linux doesn't need that much of a maintenance: just download the latest patches and you are done. No registry cleaning, no defragmenting, the filesystem is very rarely corrupted... No need to run a virus or malware scanner... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateJeff Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 @ Alessandro17 Wow.. that sounds pretty easy to maintain... I never use Linux before.. but I'm very close to starting from all the good things I hear about it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 @ Alessandro17 Wow.. that sounds pretty easy to maintain... I never use Linux before.. but I'm very close to starting from all the good things I hear about it. Yeah, Linux is really easy to maintain. Besides it is very secure and, depending on the distribution, very stable (the ones I recommend are stable). Also annoying pop-ups, what are they? There is a bit of a learning curve, but it is definitely worth it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-860992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMookMook Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 My question; why is a person from the Windows Team looking at website about Mac OS X and Macs? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-861227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocolateJeff Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 Good question.. MY question.. what windows.. team?... hahaha I'm sorry but I didn't get that post... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-861247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I came across this website the other day claiming to be able to boost Vista's performance up to 70% faster.. making it faster than Macs?? At first I thought it was impossible but after downloading the program for free and tried it, my computer was actually much faster!! (I don't know if it "eats Macs for breakfast" though but it is "faster") that's for sure. idk actually maybe its just me. Anybody here heard of ErrorSmart before? I am thinking of purchasing it but I don't know if there are better programs out there. THank U! Mr Jeff, I can show you what you haven't seen at the first look. First, I click this link by pure hazard And second, I was shocked by what I've seen on my screen. This is totally {censored}. A blog covering another third party (fraudulous) spyware program. Or simply trojan as simple. This is why I'm not a big believer for those blogs and big titles attracts you.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-862322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
~pcwiz Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 If you notice that link, some blogger is looking to earn quick bucks by using some clicksmart pay per click program Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-862377 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 As far back as I can remember, there have always been crooks promising to make Windows faster, to repair your Windows install (after a fake scan)... In the best of cases they were trying to steal money from you, in the worst their "programs" were full of virus and trojans. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-862399 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankOS_Scripting Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 As far back as I can remember, there have always been crooks promising to make Windows faster, to repair your Windows install (after a fake scan)... In the best of cases they were trying to steal money from you, in the worst their "programs" were full of virus and trojans. Yes, it is. 99% or most of the time, they are third party spywares or malwares programs like "Slimshady antispyware" or "XP remover spyware". I can't be frustrated cause is that type of programs make my little business of technical support gearing well. My clients clicks on it, they install it and after, they become infected with twenty three billion of pop-ups. And then, they calling me desesperately because they'd a virus.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/121552-hmm-vista-70-faster/#findComment-862655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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