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In article <slrnlesci5.3du.news@rydal.stevefryatt.org.uk>,
   Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
> On 2014-02-02, John <newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article
> > <2d1f4ed353.Alex@bavariasound.chiemgau-net.de>,
> >    Alexander Ausserstorfer
> > <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Using VRPC for some years now, I find that it is
> >> really ugly:
> >
> > Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Personally, I
> > find that I can achieve a more attractive desktop in
> > VRPC than I can on my Raspberry Pi.

> I think "ugly" was meant in the sense of what follows,
> not "prettiness" of the desktop.

Perhaps I should not have taken the comment literally but
that is one of the problems of reading what other people
write, even when they are expressing themselves in a second
language.

> >> the PC consums a lot of power,
> >
> > It depends upon how you define "a lot". I find that the
> > sound of the cooling fan on my desktop machine is more
> > intrusive when VRPC is running - but that's only to be
> > expected when you think about how hard the program
> > makes the processor work.

> Does VRPC not drop processor usage right back when RISC
> OS is idle, in the way that recent versions of RPCemu
> do? That change made a *huge* difference to laptop
> battery life when running RCPemu.

I've sat looking at the screen and not interacting with
VRPC for about 15 s and, yes, the fan noise dies away
almost completely. Since I've started typing again, it's
ramped up noticeably.

> >> and Windows often kicks RISC OS out of his full-screen
> >> mode.
> >
> > Is that the fault of VRPC?

> Possibly; it depends on whether it's something that VRPC
> is doing wrong or not, doesn't it?

I think Jeremy has answered this better than my initial
thoughts would have done. I have just added VRPC to
Bitdefender's game list so that is a problem I shouldn't
have to contend with.

John

-- 
John
newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk
j dot mccartney atte blueyonder dot co dot uk

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VRPC Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2014-02-01 21:06 +0100
  Re: VRPC John <newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2014-02-02 10:41 +0000
    Re: VRPC Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2014-02-02 11:55 +0000
      Re: VRPC Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2014-02-02 12:34 +0000
        Re: VRPC Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2014-02-02 13:03 +0000
      Re: VRPC John <newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2014-02-02 12:52 +0000
    Re: VRPC Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2014-02-03 06:48 +0100
  Re: VRPC Tony Todd <tonytodd@appleshack.com> - 2014-02-02 18:57 +0000

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