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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.

>> 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.

>> 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?

-- 
Steve Fryatt - Leeds, England             Wakefield Acorn & RISC OS Show
                                             Saturday 26 April 2014
http://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/           http://www.wakefieldshow.org.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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