From: Neil Cherry <ncherry(a)home.net>
I blame Microsoft. :-)
Only partly. the public that buys this as the "best" is part fo the
problem.
For example, I do run a P166 w/64mb and NT4workstation and love it
but the only MS apps are IE4.01/sp2 and outlook express. Everything else
is NON MS, makes the system fast and solid. When I find a good
replacement for OutlookExpress that will with IE go to the trashbin.
In the end I had to do a very careful install to leave out junk. I'm
finding
Linux is going that way to. Why?? People want it!
mail program part of the Browser? The recent Mozilla
release (18) looks
wonderful but cause Linux to swap like mad on a 64M box. I like Linux
That is disgusting.
would not believe how idle a 386SX/16MHz is running all
my HA software
and a few other things).
I have two 286 boxen at work controlling ovens and testing parts.
My 386/16s I use one is a digital logic analyser (has a board in it)
and te other is a GP use box that is about the size of a small brick
with VGA or MDA(RS170 output). The latter runs fairly nice off the
kluge LVSMPS I created so it can use a 12V battery.
Try NewDeal Software on DOS with a 386/16, windows GUI and
all plus fast to boot and fits in some 10mb. They even have a
decent browser and email.
We've thrown away being efficient for time to
market and now we're
starting
Yep, it's the visual++ languages and all. I ran into someone that wanted
Visual C++ for 8051... get real!
to see the environmental effect. Can anyone really see
the need for a
233MHz
sprinkler controller?
Also The PC based controls market still sells 486 based PC104, it's
plenty
enough.
Allison