I wonder if you have compared how fast OO opens in linux the second time? On Wednesday 18 September 2002 12:15 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 20:05:06 +0800 > > "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > your forgetting that M$ office preloads libs when you start your PC, just > > like IE.... > > > > so it makes office start faster... they would have you believe its > > because of the special people they are :-) > > > > rgds > > > > Franki > > Actually, Franki, i have to disagree with that common belief that > the ONLY reason for MS office to start faster is because it's > half-preloaded. I'm sorry, but it just doesn't seem true. I agree > that this is the case fon Internet Explorer and Outlook Express, > but not for office. > > this is my argument: > > Download and install codeweaver's ( or winehq's if you like it ) Wine. > install it and tweak it untill you can get a small .exe (let's say notepad) > in less than 5 seconds. a good way to do this is disable "load windows > registry keys", "load global registry keys" and set only one directory > for fonts, instead of four paths that the config seems to request. > Also, configure just a few drives, say, one for storing the exe files, > and call that a "c:\" .. then a floppy disk and a CD drive. you > should need no more. > > after that, go into your windows partition and launch Word (word > 97 seems to be the only one that works with these versions of wine, > so it'll have to be that). > > Linux doesn't preload Microsoft Office, does it? :o) > > However, MS Office under wine still starts up in less than 10 seconds > ( and even less if i leave out the time that Wine needs for starting > itself, reading fonts and stuff... ) > > while OO can take up to 45 the computer i used for this test. ( a PII 400) > > As i stated in an earlier post, i still have not attempted to load > OpenOffice in my 233mhz/32MB Ram machine. however Word97 runs very > acceptably on it. > > > > About IE and OE, the "preloading" story seems to be very true. and you > can feel it especially on low-memory systems. > > when you have only 32MB of RAM, all that libs and half-programs simply do > not fit into memory, so right after windows boots up, it thrashes > the harddrive to death. And, stupidly, all that "preloading" > goes right into the swap for the OS to work. So when you > start up IE or OE .. all the "preloaded" applications have to read > the preloaded stuff from disk anyway. > > there's when you notice what IE6 and OE6 really are. they are > just like a big old fat Mozilla 0.0.1 "slow as a fat girl > playing dodge-ball" > > > Damian > > > PS: This is a note for anyone reading this post: > > I really don't feel like starting a OO vs. MSO war. I think i provided > enough info for anybody to try this test for themselves, so i suggest > every reader of this post to try this. It really opens your eyes a bit. > Don't let the "M$ is evil" concept blur your intelligence. Be objective > about this kind of stuff. I wonder if you have compared how fast OO opens in linux the second time?
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