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- From: cantor@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott eric cantor)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
- Subject: Re: Speaking of Window NT
- Keywords: Microsoft, Window_NT, SLOW
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.164436.2290@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 16:44:36 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cis.1992Sep4.164436.2290
- References: <17mnt5INNdki@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Aug31.161704.17154@cis.ohio-state.edu> <1992Sep3.200850.17633@microware.com>
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- In article <1992Sep3.200850.17633@microware.com> kris@microware.com (Kris Hoffmeyer) writes:
- >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.
-
- Acceptable means as fast as OS/2 on an 8 meg 386/33. Yes we are
- using a 486/33, and yes it has 16 megs. If you'll notice, I was replying to
- a complaint from someone talking about a 486/50 with 32 Megs! So it's
- clear that something unusual (not representative of most machines) is going
- on there. NT on a 4meg 386 would be terrible. Guess what? So is OS/2, cause
- we tried that too.
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