On Wednesday 09 April 2003 13:31, Daniel Stone wrote: > Um, I'm not a "hardware is so cheap today" guy. I've spent most of the > thread pointing out why saying "hardware's cheap, go buy it" is a > ridiculous assertion.
Was still pointing at KL... > > Yes I am talking about EDO ram of course! ever tried putting SDram into a > > pentium 1? There are parts of the world where people earn the equivalent > > of 0.25 euros an hour. That means 2 weeks of work for my cheap 2 sticks > > of memory. > > Yeah, exactly. Or maybe you're studying and don't work. Or maybe you're > studying and work only just pays the bills. Or maybe you're unemployed. > Or maybe your area has high living costs ... there are a great deal of > reasons why telling everyone to buy better hardware is absolutely the > wrong thing to say. Yes. It's what MS has been telling us for years. > > > My sister has 32mb. Again, works, but isn't the greatest. > > > > I found 48 megs horrible under win98. > > Depends what you put there. I spent a lot of time tuning her machine to > get it halfway to usable. I heard about a version of win98 "lite", that would come without IE. It would even make a stab at stability :p > Well, you can, just try a few things: > * .ICE-unix > * disable klipper, kwrited and korgac Kde without Klipper? Hmmm... > * generally disable stuff you don't use > * schedule cron jobs for 4am :) -- Frank Van Damme | "Saying 8MB of RAM doesn't do as much anymore is http://www. | like saying a gallon of water holds more than it openstandaarden.be | did in 1988." --George Adkins
