Date: 16 Jun 2000 17:28:01 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How much machine do i need? Message-ID: <44r99xwc2m.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: Kent Stewart's message of "Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:01:14 -0700" References: <413062A3EA92D3118535009027D619980A5B7D@postsprung.dos.state.fl.us> <394A878A.E6E63040@3-cities.com>
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Kent Stewart <kstewart@3-cities.com> writes: > A P90 running > x-windows with 16MB of memory will be a long ways down on the > performance chart. X needs around 48MB and I wouldn't try it on a > system with less than 64MB. My, how our standards have changed. I ran FreeBSD and X on a 486 with 16MB of RAM back in 1984, and when Windows 95 came out, I noticed that the FreeBSD/X environment was noticeably faster than Windows on the same hardware. Current versions of FreeBSD and X are slightly larger, but run roughly as quickly, as they *ever* did on that hardware. And that system was fairly speedy when I got it in 1993. So I would say that the ability of an early Pentium to run FreeBSD as a workstation is not that bad -- it's really just a question of your standards. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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