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Date:	Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:54:56 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Mozilla 1.7 extremely slow

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In <41367844.6BB91872@pacbell.net>, on 09/01/04
at 05:33 PM, "J. R. Fox" said:

>some reasons the minimum system requirements for so much software (incl.
>the OS) left Peter's paltry 8mb. in the dust a long time ago . . . and I
>don't think you can lay *all* of this at the feet of Redmond and the
>gamers.

I don't lay any blame on these folks. It's nice that have the CPU power
available when one needs. There are applications other than games that
require this much CPU power to be viable.

>32 mb. is probably still quite sufficient for most of the things *we* do,

8MB is probably fine too. The data transfer rate is what gives the basic
GUI updates show up without noticable delay.

>but it wasn't a particularly exotic amount of video memory even 5 years
>ago. I bet that something like WarpVision or PMVIEW has a good use for
>the extra video memory.

Unlikely.

>around 128mb. onboard or above. So, what's the argument in favor of
>running a *really* old video card ? You (generic 'You') happen to like
>scrounging through the 50 cent bins at the swapmeet, maybe, just to see
>if that stuff still runs ?

There are valid reasons. You can't insert that $10 8X AGP card into a 1x
slot.

Steven

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