> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 07:31:10PM +0100, Vegard Lundby Rekaa wrote: >> I got hold of 128MB RAM from a friend. Now there is a total of >> 128+16=144MB RAM. Don't you think that is enough for OO.org and WM when >> he's prepared for a slow machine? > > FWIW I installed OO.org on my pentium MMX 200MHz with 128Mb RAM the > other day (after reading your email). It takes a while to start but > works fine after that. If you use a sensible window manager (not KDE or > gnome, maybe icewm) I guess it would work fine on your old computer, > apart from taking a while to start up. > > It will be a lot slower than the appropriate version of microsoft office > for that machine, though.
Thanks for your experiences. I'll remember this! > I think we would end up with much better software if all developers were > forced to use old, slow computers :) I remember how good and fast the > software was on my old RISC OS Acorn with 4MB RAM (Impression, Sibelius, > Artworks). Something is seriously wrong with the way people write > software these days! > You have a point. > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Best regards Vegard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
