Quote Originally Posted by duncan303 View Post
Hi Dave

I noticed the child window available in Mplab, ...............
Hi Sarma,

Yeah I guessed something was wrong, to be honest most of the time taken was with installing windows updates to Net framework, my point was really that MPLabs is a monster and in my humble experience, vulnerable to failure. For example Windows update continues to attempt a forced install of a critical update service pack to Net framework V.1, but it also has installed through to version 3. PICkit initially installed version 2. Do I want to go searching the windows Knowledge base on an Easter weekend, yeah I think Not.

I hate to sound jaded but it is many years now since I was “in love” with PC’s. I am reminded of a quote by Damon Hill an F1 racing driver who found himself looking across at a competitor as he was entering the first bend and thinking “what’s the rush?”. I am sure Damon continues to thoroughly enjoy driving but there is only so much of your life you can spend fiddling about with the OS on any computer. How many guys do we all know who come into work on a monday having spent the weekend Fdisking their Hdrives and getting the optimum setup “for the very last time”….. until the next month!

Minimum code = Maximum enjoyment! Just look at the response on here when you get a code condensing thread.

“If it ain’t bust don’t try to fix it” ………… just hang on as I put my bright yellow cardigan on and settle down into my rocking chair

Duncan

I do understand that you and many of us might be tuned for PBP and associated stuff.
But I expect more than 30% of our members become professional experts as days pass by and will not remains in hobby alone. So we may not look at the magnitude of the MPLAB. In fact I am a beginner in software learning and at an advanced age of 62. Once i have a HDD of 80 or 160GB , this MPLAB is nothing perhaps, and I bite only as much a can chew. Perhaps you may be right from your perspective.