7 Nov
2006
7 Nov
'06
4:47 p.m.
On 7 Nov 2006 at 16:48, Richard wrote:
I'll dispute that rule of thumb. We are *not*
doing the same task we
used to do at all. With increased processing power came increased
expectations.
The best thing I can say about Vista is that it's ALMOST as fast as
XP, which is ALMOST as fast as 2000 which seemed to be significantly
slower than NT 4.0, which was lots slower than NT 3.51. Win95 on
the same hardware is a speed demon, even in Win32 mode. Never mind
that 95 doesn't know what to do with much more than 64MB of RAM.
Mind you, Vista wants half a gig minimum of RAM to do its "almost"
job...
User interface to programs is largely the same. Look is a little
different.
Cheers,
Chuck
.