[geeks] value of PIII PC servers

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: der Mouse <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
>Date: Thu Jun 22 19:07:50 CDT 2006
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] value of PIII PC servers

>>>> I have a DUAL PIII 1 GHz system with some ludicrusly tiny amount of
>>>> RDRAM installed (128 Meg?).
>>> Seriously, if you think 128 megs is tiny you must run mega-bloatware.
>> If you say that about 128megs, I shudder to think what you would say
>> about my current application absolutely requiring 2 gigs.
>
>Well, that's true.  I did read that "ludicrusly[sic] tiny" as
>"ludicrously tiny for general-purpose use", not "ludicrously tiny for
>some specific purpose which demands otherwise-insane amounts of RAM".
>
>Nothing wrong with eating tons of RAM when there's actually a *reason*
>for it.  I was talking more about things like Gnome or Windows.

I was speaking about current Gnome/Windows/Solaris x86/Linux software, so your assumption was correct...

<snide vi user comment>
If 128 Megs is sufficient to run EMACS, then why would one need anything else (since everything is already IN EMACS)?
</snide vi user comment>
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