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In article <1992Aug13.035324.24260@nntp.uoregon.edu> johnm@cajal.uoregon.edu
(John Martin) writes:
>In article <Bsu89r.3K6@cs.dal.ca>, goldrick@ug.cs.dal.ca (Majeed  Goldrick)
writes:
>
>>They are using monochrome monitors (!!!).I would like to get them going on
>>some Windows applications, but it would seem to me that this would be 
>>extremely slow in the current setup.  The question is - how can I optimize
>>these machines for Windows at a reasonable price.  Do I:
>
>
>I realize that I am treading on dangerous ground here (I will probably catch
>it from the Windows zealots), so I am donning my asbestos underwear...

First off I'm not a windows zealot so you can be assured that my comments are
completely unbiased :-).
>
>Doesn't the fact that you have to optimize the hardware to make a given
>piece of software run with acceptable speed raise questions in anybody's
>mind?  This immediately raises a warning flag in my brain that perhaps
>the software in question is not the best answer to the problem!
>Especially when there are better solutions on the market.
>
>Please, I am interested in discussions on this, but send your flames
>to /dev/null.

Why does optimizing a given hardware setup send up any warning flags?  Every
software package out there has a minimum configuration and places different
demands on a system.  Windows is a rather demanding (overblown, overhyped...)
shell, however, its requirements are not that unreasonable.  Unless we are to
stay in the stone ages, advanced software applications will require
investments in hardware.

Should every software package written work with 8 bit processors and run in
64k of RAM??????

But then what about PC GEOS?? The GUI that runs fine on XT class PCs,
but that's another discussion.

regards
Greg
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