Posted on Nov 23, 2016
How much time do you spend waiting on a computer or network that's "not responding" while on duty?
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I find that most of my duty day consists of waiting for a computer program or networked site (Like Outlook, DTS, DTMS, ATRRS, etc.) to load, catch up, or just waiting for the "not responding" to go away and for the computer to work. I kept track and noticed that I spend roughly 2/3 of my duty day just waiting for something to load. This is the norm for my 12 years of service, anybody else see it?
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Welcome to the world of technology! Not much different in the civilian world either. We have all become slaves to the one eyed monster on our desk. Programs great when they work, but much productivity is lost to waiting on those "technical difficulties" no matter where you work.
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I think a lot of that is due to the anti-virus and anti-intrusion software the DoD uses. You can boost the performance with a more powerful laptop probably. What are you using now as far as brand, amount of RAM, processors, etc? Also solid state drives run faster than the old hard disk drives for accessing and opening files. Lots of what the Army does in IT is like 10 years or more out of date.
Another thing you might try is to flip to a MACBOOK by Apple and just use their Windows emulation software. If the DoD allows you to do that.
Another thing you might try is to flip to a MACBOOK by Apple and just use their Windows emulation software. If the DoD allows you to do that.
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