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#101025 23-Apr-2012 14:13
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So I am off work with an injury and while off, my MIL is here.  She got me to look at her laptop because it was running slow and out of space. When out of the blue she asked me "How much space does Facebook take up on my computer?" 

If I wasn't sore, I would have died laughing. 



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  #613668 23-Apr-2012 14:17
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I'm finding that any flash based games on fb are seriously slowing down anything but modern spec'd systems. They really hammer even dual core processors. 





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#613671 23-Apr-2012 14:21
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stuzz: I'm finding that any flash based games on fb are seriously slowing down anything but modern spec'd systems. They really hammer even dual core processors.?




You play games on FB??


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  #613673 23-Apr-2012 14:22
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johnr:
stuzz: I'm finding that any flash based games on fb are seriously slowing down anything but modern spec'd systems. They really hammer even dual core processors.?




You play games on FB??



Lol. No. But I field calls from those who do. 



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#613675 23-Apr-2012 14:23
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stuzz:
johnr:
stuzz: I'm finding that any flash based games on fb are seriously slowing down anything but modern spec'd systems. They really hammer even dual core processors.?




You play games on FB??



Lol. No. But I field calls from those who do.?


Thank god for that

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  #613677 23-Apr-2012 14:27
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johnr:
stuzz:
johnr:
stuzz: I'm finding that any flash based games on fb are seriously slowing down anything but modern spec'd systems. They really hammer even dual core processors.?




You play games on FB??



Lol. No. But I field calls from those who do.?


Thank god for that


They try playing these games on machines that have only about 500mb RAM. Processors that are dinosaurs, then "Help, why is it so slow?" 98% of time is fb games. 



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  #613700 23-Apr-2012 14:51
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stuzz: They try playing these games on machines that have only about 500mb RAM. Processors that are dinosaurs, then "Help, why is it so slow?" 98% of time is fb games.

This is a significant milestone if social applications can drive upgrades instead of the latest windows/office release. Expect a Microsoft investment in Farmville Cool

 
 
 

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  #613705 23-Apr-2012 14:55
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gzt:
stuzz: They try playing these games on machines that have only about 500mb RAM. Processors that are dinosaurs, then "Help, why is it so slow?" 98% of time is fb games.

This is a significant milestone if social applications can drive upgrades instead of the latest windows/office release. Expect a Microsoft investment in Farmville Cool


Well. they often sit at home all day playing Words with friends, Scrabble, Draw Silly Pictures or anything else devised by bloated Zyanga. 

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  #613720 23-Apr-2012 15:05
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johnr: 
You play games on FB??



You use FB?




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  #613726 23-Apr-2012 15:10
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sleemanj:
johnr:?
You play games on FB??



You use FB?


I have a login and look at thing from time to time

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  #615644 26-Apr-2012 20:12
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They try playing these games on machines that have only about 500mb RAM. Processors that are dinosaurs, then "Help, why is it so slow?" 98% of time is fb games.
That kind of hardware should be more than enough for what most people use their computers for. The fault belongs to bloated, inefficient software that would fly on a Pentium from 1993 if it was programmed properly.

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