Are people still defragging? Sent from my mobile device.
On Aug 8, 2013, at 6:43 AM, Thane Sherrington <th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote: > At 06:35 AM 08/08/2013, Joshua MacCraw wrote: >> No need to counter with stats, you partially debunked yourself! A >> linear copy test has no bearing on fragmentation's effects on real >> world random access. It wasn't 6 or 7 years ago, it was less than 4 > > Ok, so you say my test is invalid. Maybe so, but if it is, why didn't you > bother to mention this back when initial discussion took place? > > And you still can't offer a repeatable benchmark. Usenet? How many people > use that? Accpac for DOS also benefits from defragging, but not many people > run that either. > > Steam? Ok, there are some gamers out there who haven't moved to SSD who > might find an improvement, but once again, not a really common application > for must PC users. > > Hibernation? How often are you doing that? Is the savings in time from > waking up and going to sleep twice a day worth the hours of defrag time? > > And frankly, if you're using a netbook, you don't care about performance > anyway. > > Show me a significant, repeatable, measurable improvement in office > applications/web surfing usage, and I'll be happy to run the tests to see > what sort of improvements are possible. Heck, I'd even be interested in > improvement in boot times (not hibernation). > > Here's an interesting thing: It's virtually impossible to get two defraggers > to agree on what is fragmented and what isn't. Even MyDefrag, if you run it > repeatedly, will move files each time to you it, suggesting that there is no > completely defragged drive. > > T > >
