Ben Armstrong wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 05:45:59PM +0000, Richard Smedley wrote: > > How about "60MHz or faster"? As long as you have sufficient RAM most > > window managers are bearable on a 486 at 66MHz > > Different people have different tolerances for "bearable". Not only > that, but CPUs of different families don't compare well by MHz alone.
Hello Ben, Of course. I was reaching for a rough guide that wasn't ia386-specific :-) That's part of the problem with mentioning pentium and co. [snip] > An intrepid low-end > hardware user who pushes their hardware to the limits and really > wants to run Gnome or KDE in spite of the limitations is going to > ignore my recommendation and try it anyway just to see if it is really > that bad. My note is not for them. Fair point. > I can throw the word "probably" in there if it > makes you feel better. :) Now there's a word with which I'm always happy. :-)) - Richard -- Richard Smedley Production Editor, Linux Format Telephone +44 (0) 1225 442244 ext 5038
