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- From: gstoltz@usdsd1.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Gregory D Stoltz)
- Newsgroups: comp.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Optimizing 386SX-16's for Windows
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- Message-ID: <1544@usdsd1.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 13:53:29 GMT
- References: <Bsu89r.3K6@cs.dal.ca> <1992Aug13.035324.24260@nntp.uoregon.edu>
- Reply-To: gstoltz@usdsd1.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Gregory D Stoltz)
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- In article <1992Aug13.035324.24260@nntp.uoregon.edu> johnm@cajal.uoregon.edu
- (John Martin) writes:
- >In article <Bsu89r.3K6@cs.dal.ca>, goldrick@ug.cs.dal.ca (Majeed Goldrick)
- writes:
- >
- >>They are using monochrome monitors (!!!).I would like to get them going on
- >>some Windows applications, but it would seem to me that this would be
- >>extremely slow in the current setup. The question is - how can I optimize
- >>these machines for Windows at a reasonable price. Do I:
- >
- >
- >I realize that I am treading on dangerous ground here (I will probably catch
- >it from the Windows zealots), so I am donning my asbestos underwear...
-
- First off I'm not a windows zealot so you can be assured that my comments are
- completely unbiased :-).
- >
- >Doesn't the fact that you have to optimize the hardware to make a given
- >piece of software run with acceptable speed raise questions in anybody's
- >mind? This immediately raises a warning flag in my brain that perhaps
- >the software in question is not the best answer to the problem!
- >Especially when there are better solutions on the market.
- >
- >Please, I am interested in discussions on this, but send your flames
- >to /dev/null.
-
- Why does optimizing a given hardware setup send up any warning flags? Every
- software package out there has a minimum configuration and places different
- demands on a system. Windows is a rather demanding (overblown, overhyped...)
- shell, however, its requirements are not that unreasonable. Unless we are to
- stay in the stone ages, advanced software applications will require
- investments in hardware.
-
- Should every software package written work with 8 bit processors and run in
- 64k of RAM??????
-
- But then what about PC GEOS?? The GUI that runs fine on XT class PCs,
- but that's another discussion.
-
- regards
- Greg
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