On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 10:33:26AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 8 May 2007 10:28:02 -0400 > Douglas Allan Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > In fact, it was poor browser performance (read inability to view some > > sites) that was the drive to buy my new box. For everything else, my > > IBM 486 was more than adequate. It annoyed me that I had to buy a new > > box to do something as simple as look at a weather map or satelite photo > > but onwards and upwards... > > You're probably more technically adept than I, but even on my k6, lots > of things other than web browsers are unpleasant. X startup is very > slow, and aptitude is unbearable, for example. >
Isn't it sad that aptitude wasn't written to be easier on old hardware? I've written python apps that parse files bigger than aptitude does, I just don't try to pull the whole file into memory to do it; I trust the kernel and C libs to provide adequate buffering without impacting the whole system. X started up in about 30 seconds; not a big deal if its solid and I only have to do it once a day. A huge deal if I have to do it every 20 minutes. My PII isn't much faster than my 486 thanks to 1) good design on IBM's part [better IDE hardware caching for example] and 2) poorer design on Asus's part for the PII. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
