Bah! I grew up with having to program everything I wanted to run. I couldn't afford the $400 for the tape drive. Then I found an Amiga 500 and life became easy. Ever since it has become harder and harder. :-)
-- Jon Something something blah blah blah On 26/03/2013, at 6:05 AM, Anestis Kozakis <[email protected]> wrote: > On 26 March 2013 08:38, Brian Jones (Trancendance) <[email protected]> > wrote: >> +1 >> >> And its about 2GB at its smallest. > > Actually, you could probably drop Windows 7 to 1 GB (or maybe less) if you > stripped away all the unnecessary programs MS includes in the Windows install > (Internet Explorer, Noptepad, etc etc). > > An OS should only provide the basic necessities to be able to: > > * Support basic input hardware (keyboard mouse) > * Support basic monitor resolutions > * Support and access a hard drive > * Necessary APIs/Hooks for drivers/applications > > Everything else is icing on the cake. > > Anestis (who grew up in the good old days where DOS and your application ran > in 128K of memory and off floppy disks). > >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> From: Mat Fisher >> Sent: 25/03/2013 20:25 >> >> Hey! I owe half my career to Billy Gates and Microshop! >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Andrews >> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 4:07 PM >> >> So I guess you don't work for Microshaft then? Win 7 is how many GB? >> >> On Mar 25, 2013 8:58 AM, "Richard Williamson" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> :) >> >> They say that "art is in the eye of the beholder". >> >> And yes, there is a certain art to be found in a run of concise, tightly >> written, elegant and well-mannered code. >> >> I never could get my ex-wife to understand that, btw. >> >> rip
