jesus X wrote:
> David Murray wrote:
>
>> I find jesus X's attitude to be offensive!
>
>
> Then you're reacting emotionally rather than taking a logical approach. I tried
> NOT to offend, but present a vewipoint.
>
>
>> Sure my computer is not the highest-spec'd machiene around today - I
>> know that - but it's not that far off! The fastest/newest CPUs are only
>> 2 times faster than my CPU, the amount of RAM that I have is more than
>> adequate to record and edit large audio files AND it's not yet two years
>> old. Mozilla cannot run within 32megs - which was the standard amount of
>> RAM not even two years ago. This inability of Mozilla is it's singularly
>> biggest fault!
>
>
> I agree that optimizations need to be made, we all know that. But to what level
> should we drop to support wise? How slow a machine do we really need to code
> for? If we want to code for slow Pentiums with 32MB of RAM, why not 486's with
> 16? I just think it's time to cut loose the stragglers, as is always done after
> a period of time. Would you try to run office 2000 with 32MB of RAM?
>
>
>> I have no intention of upgrading my computer unless I have a NEED to do
>> so - and reading email *hardly* counts as a NEED to spend another $2500
>> on a computer!
>
>
> Very understandable, which is why I mentioned that it's not needed. Sometimes a
> mere hundred dollars helps things.
>
>
>> I expect this memory usage issue to be resolved, and to be resolved with
>> little fuss on the part of the bloat-merchants(!) if they want people to
>> take their software seriously.
>
>
> This is the very attitude I'm against. I comes across as, "I'm using and old
> machine, and I demand that you cater to me, even though I'm in a small
> minority."
My machiene is not yet two years old - it hardly represents a "small
minority"
What do you want us all to be doing? replacing all our computers every 6
months??? come on mate - get real!
There is no rational reason why you cannot make Mozilla use memory and
the CPU efficiently!
Currently Mozilla is running on a 32mB machiene just like N4.x would run
on an old P33 8mB win95 machiene that I used to have access to.
Now *that* is an indictement against Mozilla - that it runs so badly!
*please* *PLEASE* use memory and the CPU efficiently - people will thank
you for it!
TTFN
D.
