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Article #1559Re: Speaking of Window NT
From: scott eric cantor
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 16:44
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 16:44
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In article <1992Sep3.200850.17633@microware.com> kris@microware.com (Kris Hoffmeyer) writes: >In article <1992Aug31.161704.17154@cis.ohio-state.edu> cantor@boa.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott eric cantor) writes: >>>According to a friend who's running Window NT beta, it is slow as hell... >>>(he equated it to Window 3.1 running on 286 with 1MB of RAM) And mind you, >>>he's running Window NT on a 486DX-50 with 32 MB RAM and 1.2 GIG HD... >> >> I don't know what the heck your friend's doing, but I can practically >>guarantee you it's something wrong. We have NT running on a Dell 483/33 with >>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. > >Just a question... What exactly is acceptable? Especially considering >you're running on a 486/33? Did you try running NT on a 4 meg 386? > >Kris. Acceptable means as fast as OS/2 on an 8 meg 386/33. Yes we are using a 486/33, and yes it has 16 megs. If you'll notice, I was replying to a complaint from someone talking about a 486/50 with 32 Megs! So it's clear that something unusual (not representative of most machines) is going on there. NT on a 4meg 386 would be terrible. Guess what? So is OS/2, cause we tried that too. _______________________________________________________ | | | Shine on......... | | Scott <Crazy Diamond> Cantor | | | | [<<<<<< cantor@cis.ohio-state.edu >>>>>>] | |_______________________________________________________|
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!usenet.coe.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu!cantor From: cantor@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott eric cantor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Speaking of Window NT Keywords: Microsoft, Window_NT, SLOW Message-ID: <1992Sep4.164436.2290@cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 4 Sep 92 16:44:36 GMT Article-I.D.: cis.1992Sep4.164436.2290 References: <17mnt5INNdki@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Aug31.161704.17154@cis.ohio-state.edu> <1992Sep3.200850.17633@microware.com> Sender: news@cis.ohio-state.edu (NETnews ) Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Lines: 31