On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 17:57 -0700, Michaelwagner wrote: > MrC Wrote: > > Can you say... swapping! > Yeah, that sounds like more memory, if you can add it easily, might be > a quick fix to get out of the problem for now.
More memory is always good. If you can't add it, change systems. > However, I think development efforts should be made to print the > footprint of slim down so this isn't such a problem. Except that all software always grows as features are added. I seriously doubt that a wimpy P2 with under 512 MB of ram will ever again provide acceptable performance. Starter systems these days have 512, and 1 gig is nothing. Hardware is very cheap. It is just not a good engineering choice for one niche product to fight the massive karma of most software. Sometime soon, the SlimServer will need to be engineered for all the dual CPU + dual hyperthread processors flowing around entry level systems by Xmas 2006. It is hard to develop rich software in limited hardware. The embedded systems guys to it all the time, but they get paid serious money to do it. The beauty of the SlimDevices design is that the specialized hardware is slim and inexpensive, and you just use any standard PC, Mac or *nix box you have. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
