On 1/11/00 5:27 pm, Monte Goulding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm wondering what the process is to determine the minimum hardware
> requairements for a program. I would also like to know the minimum
> requirements for mentacard on windows as I assume that this would be the
> same as my requirements. Should I just test it on an old computer, if it
> works ok then theres my minimum or is there a more scientific method than
> trial and error.
Really the only way to do this is to test the application, measure its
resource useage and then decide. On some OSes (e.g. Mac) you can easily
measure the amount of memory in use, figure out the maximum it ever uses
during testing. On Windows there is an accesory that shows various types of
resource use. But trial and error, and running on a slow machine is always
going to be necessary for a commercial application if you need to specify
specific requirements.
Regards,
Kevin
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