Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 14:45:05 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: <20250902144505.00006bd9@gmail.com> References: <108k7rn$e12$4@news.misty.com> <108l4vk$77t$1@gal.iecc.com> <108su32$3e8$1@news.misty.com> <108tdf1$2a7v9$2@dont-email.me> <108vigs$2q3n5$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:45:11 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e911a36254fad9b2d05c2003a80c2611"; logging-data="725192"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/r0WL6A4dnNvZeiGoxt6wYxdIt00oGehI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:nNTDGHIunTB7NFq+uqGQRkq37l0= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73091 alt.folklore.computers:231730 On Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:22:39 GMT Charlie Gibbs wrote: > It was typical to low-ball memory requirements to get a sale, then > sell the customer more memory afterwards when the system turned out > to be painfully slow and it was too late to back out. ...whereas nowadays, we have to recommend our customers spec out twice the memory they'd actually need as between Win10/11, the nine million browser tabs everyone keeps open at all times, vendor bloatware, and special gold-medal memory hogs like QuickBooks, an entry-level system is full to bursting and swapping madly before they even load *our* application... ...and half the damn time they buy the entry-level system anyway, and then complain about *our* software being slow :/