Re: Only 4GB of RAM ?
you're right.
I had the 'fun' of bringing back an old athlon xp machine back to life with 2GB memory. it had originally had only 128MB and I seem to remember it did all the office stuff just fine.
I couldnt even install anti virus because the installer intro (yes the flashy, zoomy, animated *intro* - not the actual software, but just the feckin intro), required sse2, which the cpu doesnt support.
standard office tasks havent changed in 20 years - why the bleedin F do computers need more and more resources to do the same workloads we did back then?
dont get me wrong, i'm not against advancements in technology, but i deplore the need to 'improve' software with shit it doesnt actually need, only to put demands on hardware that serve no practical purpose. this isn't progress.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
