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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] bug #53345 - startkde
From:       Jason Keirstead <jason () keirstead ! org>
Date:       2003-09-20 18:49:34
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On September 19, 2003 10:26 pm, Daniel Stone wrote:
> Ondefinitely20, 2003 at 01:10:43AM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 09:01:44PM +0200, Martin Konold wrote:
> > > di[d] you check how startup time is affected on low end machines?
> > 
> > i'd classify my cely @500 a low-end machine today. :)
> 
> Buarrrrr, not really. For developers, sure - quite slow. For users, not
> necessarily. If you're going to do "slow" testing, please try a
> mid-to-high-range Pentium, or a low-range Pentium II. Seriously, a Celery
> 500 is certainly not "low-end" - only to developers. This sort of thinking
> seems to be somewhat rampant. :(

I disagree.

When you can buy a computer for under 75 bucks US it is definitely "low- range".
( http://search.ebay.ca/search/search.dll?MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&ebaytag1code=0&query=celeron%20500 \
)

Anyone running a "mid-to-high-range Pentium, or a low-range Pentium II" realistically
isn't going to have over 128 MB RAM, which is really going to be their bottleneck
with running a modern linux system with KDE, not their CPU.

-- 
Jason Keirstead, BCS
http://www.keirstead.org


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