marx404
10/12/2008 11:16:00 PM
Thank You. Although implied by my presence here, my necessity to ask these
questions on this forum are a result of the common XP forums not being able
to specifically answer these questions. Thanks for the straight answers.
Cheers.
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marx404
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"Peter Duniho" <NpOeStPeAdM@nnowslpianmk.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:06:18 -0700, marx404 <404@404.com> wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> I am concerned about conserving System Resources. I do not game and
>> mainly
>> use this PC as a web computer, but I do occasionally use it for other
>> apps.
>> I have .NET version 2.0 SP1. Will updating to ver. 3.0 use more System
>> Resources or should I stay with 2.0. Are there any noticeable benefits of
>> 3.0 ? Thanks.
>
> If you upgrade at all, you should upgrade to .NET 3.5, not 3.0.
>
> Your system specifications look plenty high for supporting the latest .NET
> versions.
>
> As for the benefits, they will for the most part be feature additions.
> The main "benefit" is that programs that are written to require the .NET
> 3.0 or later libraries will run. They won't unless you upgrade, but if
> you aren't trying to run programs that require the more recent .NET
> versions, this isn't something that would affect you.
>
> No doubt there are some bug fixes and performance improvements, but .NET
> 2.0 was already very reliable and efficient, so unless you've having
> specific problems now in those areas, you probably wouldn't notice a
> difference.
>
> The only cost you're likely to notice is the increase in disk space used.
> The additional parts of the .NET libraries won't be loaded into memory
> unless they are actually used by a program that needs them.
>
> Personally, I wouldn't bother upgrading unless I had a specific need for
> the newer version. That said, if you're writing .NET Framework programs
> (which is implied, given that you're posting to a .NET programming
> newsgroup), you may find that having the most recent version of the
> Framework allows or even encourages you to then write code that takes
> advantage of the newer features.
>
> Pete