Re: Speed of netscape 3.0

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From: Mike Holland
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 1996 00:00

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Dave Fitch wrote:
> 
> Has anyone else noticed netscape 3.0 runs significantly slower than
> 2.0??  I don't think it's my imagination! 
...
> Maybe 3.0 is a lot more demanding on memory?
> I've got 8Mb + 16 Mb swap, 1.2.13 kernel, Xfree86 3.1.2 (i think?).

Ouch! 8MB is the bare minimum for running X-windows.
Memory is definitely your problem. Get another 16MB (~$150)
I thought Netscape 2 needed at least 12MB.
But RAM has got so cheap, dont even think of less than 16MB.
Forget the CPU - memory is what counts.
Also, turn off java & javascript to save memory.

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