Re: [Off Topic] Memory Requirements

Ragnar Hojland Espinosa (ragnar@redestb.es)
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 07:28:21 +0100 (CET)


On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Craig Milo Rogers wrote:

> Microsoft Windows 3.1: could be run in 4-8 MB
> Microsoft Windows 95 & 98: prefers to run in 64-128 MB

According to some funky ISO tests carried at the Tuv It labs, w95 requires
32 mb to run at optimal speed. w98 requires 96 mb to run at the same speed
of w95 with 32 mb ram.

> therefore, Microsoft Windows 2000 will require....

I'd say 128 as a minimum, 192 normally and 384 optimal.

ObKernel: No UP flu here (IDE, 3*32Mb Swap, .129, gcc)
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