If I bought a CRAY super computer will CA be faster?

[Gary Doski]

This is on an older machine which I have dedicated to web use and office related apps, keeping my CAD machine completely separated from the web for obvious reasons.

Max, Why do you need a separate machines for web use vs. Cad?

[Max]

Max, Why do you need a separate machines for web use vs. Cad?

Gary, the key word here is "need" as opposed to prefer. I simply got very tired of the usual Anti-virus, spam, male-ware, Trojans, subscriptions, and everything else the industry has insisted we need in order to be "safe" from hackers and their ilk. All of this security nonsense can degrade a system's performance as you very well know.

So...My Chief machine has nothing. Literally. Just runs my apps and, never has a problem. It never needs updates either (turned off).

My Web machine handles the murky world of the bug and virus infested web! I don't care what happens and, interestingly enough nothing really ever has of any consequence. I did recently start using Microsoft's Anti virus software as it's free and really has no effect on performance.

Anyway, that's my preference.

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One thing to watch for soon if it isn't already happening. That's the tendency for software companies to "require" a web connection while using their software. I am seeing the tendency of the industry to move towards the so-called cloud computing platform where everything we run is located on the web rather than loaded on our personal machines. We will then no longer "own" anything we use and will be completely dependent on the web. Should be interesting to see how this trend will affect internet provider rates...

[Max]

Windows Server Software testing:

Ozgur, I pretty much stopped any further testing on the server software. I cannot exactly describe what the problem was that started surfacing once I got everything installed. It seemed to be related to the drive reading / writing but still unclear. Maybe when I have more time to really get into more of the system settings I can clear this up. Really don't know at this time.

Will close this for now.

[Gary Doski]

Gary, the key word here is "need" as opposed to prefer. I simply got very tired of the usual Anti-virus, spam, male-ware, Trojans, subscriptions, and everything else the industry has insisted we need in order to be "safe" from hackers and their ilk. All of this security nonsense can degrade a system's performance as you very well know.

So...My Chief machine has nothing. Literally. Just runs my apps and, never has a problem. It never needs updates either (turned off).

My Web machine handles the murky world of the bug and virus infested web! I don't care what happens and, interestingly enough nothing really ever has of any consequence. I did recently start using Microsoft's Anti virus software as it's free and really has no effect on performance.

Anyway, that's my preference.

Max, Many small businesses are using AVG free (recommended by IT guys). It does the job and it doesn't bother you unless you tell it to. They do ask you to upgrade to the paid version, just say no. Give it a shot!

[Max]

Gary, I appreciate your input. But no, I will always maintain two separate computers, one for the web and one for my applications. It works really well for me.

[Gary Doski]

Gary, I appreciate your input. But no, I will always maintain two separate computers, one for the web and one for my applications. It works really well for me.

That fine, to each there own.

[portrait]

That's the tendency for software companies to "require" a web connection while using their software. I am seeing the tendency of the industry to move towards the so-called cloud computing platform where everything we run is located on the web rather than loaded on our personal machines. We will then no longer "own" anything we use and will be completely dependent on the web. Should be interesting to see how this trend will affect internet provider rates...

I believe this trend started for preventing the the illegal usage/pirated versions of the programs. This should have been succesfull, because most software companies have the ability to disable the illegally activated programs via web connection.
Today software piracy is not a major problem when compared to the last decade. And it's obvious that software companies broadened the mission of web connection. It's much easier to analyze the user behaviour and requirements this way. It's good for selling some extra program options,modules,etc. for example. (A lot of companies do that.) But the problem is you can't control every bytes of the data sent to the software's information center. So you may be right worrying about your privacy.
Several times it was proven that some big companies gathered and stored personal information of the users. Also hackers can attack your computer by using your software's internet connection gate. So it may be a good idea to use the primary programs on a seperate computer which has no internet access. It's just a choice.
By the way, i don't think this web traffic will severely affect your internet provider rates.