[Leaplist] new low end linux computers

[Steve Litt]

On Tuesday 03 July 2007 00:09, Damien McKenna wrote:
> On Jul 2, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> > For any real computing, Linux, Windows, or elsewise, I'd want a lot
> > more than
> > 512MB. 1.5GB would be the minimum today, and what I'd really like
> > is 2 or 3
> > sticks of 1GB each.
>
> OpenOffice.org isn't *that* bloated ;-)
>
> I can't imagine what most users would need of that much memory, even
> with the bloat of Vista.  That said, I run so many apps on my Mac
> that I wish I had more than my current 768mb, but I'm a *heavy* multi-
> tasker.

Yeah, that's what takes so much RAM for me. I often have 20 apps going at 
once. Mozilla, LyX, Gnumeric, Kmail, Gimp, Ruby, sound apps, and lots of slim 
apps like Vim, VimOutliner, Umenu, and the like.

So let me amend what I said. For many people, 512 is sufficient. However, 
RAM's so cheap now, that if I were to buy a new machine, I'd get at least 
2GB. That way, 3 years from now, it will still run the (geometrically more 
bloated) latest apps. Personally, I'd rather load up on RAM and save the 
money by getting something less than the latest and greatest processor.

Thanks

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware
http://www.troubleshooters.com/