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- From: kris@microware.com (Kris Hoffmeyer)
- Subject: Re: Speaking of Window NT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.200850.17633@microware.com>
- Keywords: Microsoft, Window_NT, SLOW
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- Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
- References: <1992Aug27.113905.19790@actrix.gen.nz> <17mnt5INNdki@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Aug31.161704.17154@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:08:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug31.161704.17154@cis.ohio-state.edu> cantor@boa.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott eric cantor) writes:
- >>According to a friend who's running Window NT beta, it is slow as hell...
- >>(he equated it to Window 3.1 running on 286 with 1MB of RAM) And mind you,
- >>he's running Window NT on a 486DX-50 with 32 MB RAM and 1.2 GIG HD...
- >
- > I don't know what the heck your friend's doing, but I can practically
- >guarantee you it's something wrong. We have NT running on a Dell 483/33 with
- >16 megs of RAM, and it's performance is certainly acceptable. It took about
- >20+ demo programs running at the same time before we noticed an appreciable
- >CPU slowdown. If you want slow, try OS/2 on a 4 meg 386.
-
- Just a question... What exactly is acceptable? Especially considering
- you're running on a 486/33? Did you try running NT on a 4 meg 386?
-
- Kris.
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