On 14 Aug 2006 at 11:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, 2006-08-13 at 17:41 -0400, James Gilbert wrote: > > Why should a notation software program require sooo much RAM in the > > first place? > > True, if all we expected of FINALE was purely notation; no > conversions, no links from parts to the score, etc. then it could run > in less memory. Every time some fuctionality is added, additional > run-time memory is required for the additional lines of code in the > application.
That's an awfully naïve view of the way computer applications work. The architecture of the newly added features will determine whether or not they require more memory, not the number of newly added lines of code (which are present in the compiled executable, anyway). If new features are implemented as modules that are loaded as needed, they won't increase the memory footprint until called. > I believe that Finale NotePad runs with much lower RAM requirements, > if memory is a greater issue than enhancements. > > If your complaint is that they do not make it clear before you > purchase, then I agree, but then 90% of business software on the > market today falls short in the disclosure of performance > requirements. But that's just my humble opinion.. He's not complaining about performance. I doubt he was expecting blazing performance installing on a machine that met only the minimum requirements. The problem is that MM says it will install on his machine and the installer won't do it. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
