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Jeff Jasper wrote:
> 
> > > MAX has no where near the requirements as SI does. It is about the same as LW on NT.
> >
> > I think MAX's requirements are far closer to SI|NT than LW.  LW can run on a 486DX 8MBs RAM if need
> > be.  It is very efficiently coded.
> 
> SI requires double the RAM MAX does as a minimum and also it requires a
> much faster CPU as the minimum.
> MAX runs fine with a P75 and 32megs under NT, and this would be about
> the same for Lightwave under NT. LW would need a little less RAM as a
> minimum but NT eats 20megs by itself. As for CPU, I don't think anyone
> would run LW under NT with less than a P75.

I have met plenty of people running LW on 486's (I would NOT recommend it), and I admit, 
running LW on 8MBs of RAM would be hell to say the least. But LW runs fine under win95 so 
that can also free up resources.  A good rule of thumb from what I have heard is that MAX 
has roughly double the processor and RAM requirements of LW.  This is assuming you are 
doing moderate to complex stuff and you want to run them comfortably.  I have heard many 
suggest getting at least 32MBs of RAM to begin with for LW, and 64MBs of RAM for MAX.

BTW, I thought NT's footprint was 12MBs?

> Jeff
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