Comments on: Beta 2: Stable, But Scary

By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi

Mahmoud Al-Qudsi — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 19:22:59 +0000

Hello Tanveer.

I’m not sure that’s possible: Windows XP boots at 10-15k handles…. and running any programs gets it quite a bit higher – 8k is quite low (like Windows 2000!)

By: Tanveer Badar

Tanveer Badar — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:34:52 +0000

I recall installing visual studio 2005 and handle count went to about 46K on my P4 system with 768MB DDR RAM. It went back to about 8K after installation and I was able to use my system without any speed bumps or reboots. I don’t know where did you get that limit of 30K handles on a windows xp machine. I haven’t ever performed any performance tweaks on that system.

By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi

Mahmoud Al-Qudsi — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:18:05 +0000

Hello Kris :D

You say XP can manage 90k handles with heavy tweaking – do you have any idea how much Linux or Mac (BSD) can?

I’m just wondering if it’s an architectural inevitability of the x86 processors, or software-engineering error.

By: Kristan Kenney

Kristan Kenney — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:15:26 +0000

Windows Vista’s GDI limits have been improved as well allowing for the higher handle number.

Windows XP can and will handle it if you do some modifications, as will Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1.

I like what you said about Windows 2000 – I had an older IBM ThinkPad running Windows 2000 for about 2 1/2 years without any problems or crashes and that laptop even got dropped down a flight of stairs while it was on. Windows XP can prove to be more reliable than Windows 2000 in certain environments, however.

By: Mahmoud Al-Qudsi

Mahmoud Al-Qudsi — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:18:30 +0000

Pardon?

By: fg

fg — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:06:32 +0000

You’re right.