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   I just downloaded the new version of AdAware (free) and man am I'm glad I was operating at the lib. hotspot.  The download was on the high side of 120MB.  Everything, I mean everything is designed around broadband and huge drives these days.  How did we all get by when drives were relatively tiny and the connection was dialup?

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Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: Piney woods Tex Posts: 11099	Quote Reply Topic: AdAware Posted: 18 Mar 2011 at 7:29pm
	I just downloaded the new version of AdAware (free) and man am I'm glad I was operating at the lib. hotspot. The download was on the high side of 120MB. Everything, I mean everything is designed around broadband and huge drives these days. How did we all get by when drives were relatively tiny and the connection was dialup?

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29264	Quote Reply Posted: 19 Mar 2011 at 5:08am
	Whew. Huge. No idea...how we all got by. And sadly...apps that used to be small, IMHO, also used to be fast and efficient. Now it seems they are bloated and slow.

Bob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Location: Piney woods Tex Posts: 11099	Quote Reply Posted: 19 Mar 2011 at 8:04pm
	You think the broadband speed and size of the drives allows designers to be lazy and sloppy where they used to be forced to be efficient and neat?

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29264	Quote Reply Posted: 20 Mar 2011 at 5:05am
	Probably, though I'd hate to guess how much is that and how much seems to be the natural evolution of products. Not just software...but hardware also. Even with stuff like cell phones, cars, coffee makers...you name it. So many just keep packing more and more stuff into them. Partly I think to make them more appealing...and partly (with some items) to make them more comprehensive (safety wise) and keep folks from suing in case something goes wrong.