Yes!

For 10 seconds. Then it pisses you off as you notice that it hogs CPU-cycles. On my Intel Pentium D 2.8 GHz (that’s a dual-core CPU BTW folks) it constantly hits from 0 to 20 or 30% of CPU-cycles. It’s not constant, but just enough that I can notice it during my all-out-destruction games. After some research I tried a MPEG background, as opposed to the WMV I had earlier. It did drop the CPU-usage but it was still unacceptable.

The usability is Z-E-R-O, and yes I’ll admit that it looks great and runs smoothly (AHEM!) but after the ‘wow’-factor the fun really stops right there. I personally completely love the Aero interface and all of it’s perks. But I don’t like Dreamscene. Not untill they drop the CPU-usage down to below 5 or 10%.

 Anyways as you might have guessed I managed to play a game of Supreme Commander yesterday and it was noticably faster - albeit jittery. However I think that was due to Dreamscene running in the background. So w00t w00t!

At work today I installed a very nifty program called Healthmonitor on 4 servers. And I must admit that it runs like a charm. Since it can hook straight into the event-viewer it really eases my job as a Junior System Engineer. I also optimized the DFS and fileshares on the 2 new servers and have enabled replication (I love Windows 2003 R2 ;) And a lot more. I also finalized another HP training so that went smooth. Last, but not least I also got a new contract! YEAH! Another year. Plus in addition I can take the days off in order to get my drivers license. And a nice increase in salary

So all-in-all today has been a good day, and it’s far from over. Just need to cleanup the laundry and do the dishes. Yes, again…

Laters!