On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Michael C. Robinson <plu...@robinson-west.com> wrote:
> The latest version of Windows always seems to need more computing > horsepower than the last one... Not just Windows. I run FreeDOS on an old notebook with an 867mhz Transmeta CPU, an IDE 4 HD, and 256MB of RAM (of which 16MB is grabbed off the top by the CPU for code morphing.) It came to me with WinXP SP2 installed, and was frozen snail slow.. I swapped the original 30GB HD for a 40GB from my SO's dead laptop, repartitioned, and looked for Linux distros to install. I wound up with Puppy Linux (intended for lower end HW) an earlier version of Ubuntu, and Win2K Pro SP4. Once I had it properly installed and tuned, Win2K took *less* memory (I got it down to about 80Mb), booted faster, and was quicker in operation than either Linux distro. > I suspect this is on purpose to boost computer sales. Nope. *All* new OS releases need more hardware than prior ones, because they are expected to do more, and host larger and more complex applications. > Someday maybe, ReactOS will fix that problem. I recommend not holding your breath while waiting. ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
