jesus X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag:
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> I frequently see people with 200 MHz Pentiums (and even the occasional
486)
> complain about Mozilla (among other apps) running slowly on their machine.
> Ditto with people who have 16 or 32 megs of RAM. I don't mean to offend,
but
> expecting modern apps to run on hardware that is 5 years old is
unreasonable.
I'd consider it unreasonable *and irresponsible* to buy new hardware every
one or two years, among other things because of the environmental impact
that would have, from the exploitation of ressources caused by the
production and transportation of this hardware to the heaps of electronic
waste we would leave behind (and are already leaving behind).
> 128 MB or RAM
> costs $45 (at Pricewatch), while in 1995 you'd have to mortgage your house
to
> buy that much RAM (fitting it in your computer was another matter). HDD
> companies are selling 80GB hard drives for $250 (Pricewatch again), while
in
> 1995 Seagate had a HUGE 9GB drive for a mere $10,000. Things have change
QUITE
> a lot.
If I could only think dollars I would probably find your argumentation
convincing, although I would still think of the many people on earth who -
fortunately - cannot afford such a ruthless consumer attitude.
Besides, I have a Pentium 166 in my home PC running Linux and everything
works fine, even complex applications like The Gimp and WordPerfect (or
games like Rocks 'n Diamonds). This seems to indicate that I don't have a
hardware problem.
What do I suggest, then, if Mozilla has a performance problem? - Get rid of
all the "appearance" stuff such as themes etc. and concentrate on
"substance", i. e. functionality and performance. If that had been done from
the outset we (or you) would probably have a stable and well-performing
finished product by now.
Performance has improved a lot recently, though, and I am quite confident
that I will eventually be able to use Mozilla *without* having to buy new
hardware. ;-)
Regards,
Hans-Peter
