Re: VRPC

From	John <newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.advocacy
Subject	Re: VRPC
Date	2014-02-02 10:41 +0000
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Message-ID	<53d39e4a3anewsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> (permalink)
References	<2d1f4ed353.Alex@bavariasound.chiemgau-net.de>

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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.

> 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.

> and Windows often kicks RISC OS out of his full-screen
> mode.

Is that the fault of VRPC?

John

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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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