Re: Speaking of Window NT

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From: Carl Heinzl
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 20:16

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>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.

You said acceptable but not outstanding?

#1) Demo Programs are not typical use of a system.  They tend to use
    a very small fraction of the resources that are used when a complete
    version of the application is running.

#2) At least OS/2 *WILL* run on a 4 meg system - you can't even INSTALL
    Windows NT on a 4 meg system!!! ***OR*** for that matter on an
    *8* meg system!!!  It takes 12 meg to even INSTALL Windows NT!!!
    Talk about a memory pig (or did Bill Gates just buy a lot of
    stock in the DRAM manufacturers :^) ).

-Carl-
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