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- Subject: Re: Unix Haters
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- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 03:04:22 GMT
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- Robert Dewar (dewar@cs.nyu.edu) wrote:
- > "Unix's main charm is and always has been that it runs on cheap hardware."
-
- > Another chuckle. Typical Unix systems today require skads of memory,
- > and typically you find Unix only on high end machines, while the 99%
- > of lower end machines are running other OS's (System 7, DOS, WIndows)
-
- It isn't necessary to have a PentiiumPro/200, 128mb RAM, 8Gig disk
- to run Unix. Runs fine on my 386dx40 (as long as I don't want to run X,
- that is, dragging awindow is kinda painful) 16mb RAM 800mb disk. Cheap
- 486's a la 486dx2/66 8mb RAM half gig disk can be had for a thousand
- or less and are entirely capable of running Unix or clones and giving
- good performance for many needs.
-
- Fred
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