Re: Java quick starter

On 2008-10-06, Lew <noone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Steve Sobol wrote:
(Note that I have a
sufficiently well-equipped machine to run Vista in the first
place. That means, in the real world, at least 1GB of RAM, and at least 3.0
GHz of CPU clock speed, and preferably you want 2GB and some sort of multi-
core CPU.)

"at least 3.0 GHz of CPU clock speed"?

Virtually no PCs are made at that speed.

Some Pentium IV's did run at that speed, but that's why I said "at least,"
and that's not Microsoft's official word, that's my opinion based on my
experiences. At 2.0 MHz you're going to be sluggish, even with enough RAM.
At 2.4 - 2.5 MHz you should be better off.

If you get a dual core CPU... the slowest one I've seen is 1.8GHz per core.
That should work fine for you. It's quite a bit more horsepower than you'd
get from a ~3.0GHz processor (is that better?)


If Vista depends on that, no wonder
people are having trouble. The machine I bought this year that has Vista
pre-installed by the manufacturer runs at 2.4 GHz. No machine that came with
Vista in that store ran at 3.0 GHz or above clock speed.

Do you have a single-core or dual-core CPU? My estimate is that you
need about 3.0GHz *total* to effectively run Vista, not 3.0GHz *per
core.*


--
Steve Sobol / Victorville, CA, USA
It's all fun and games until someone starts a bonfire in the living room.

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