On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Len Paris wrote: > I appreciate the verve, enthusiasm, and good intentions with > which you made that statement but 5 years ago was 1997 and > computers were a lot more powerful than you give them credit for > being. Unless you have some good, recognized references for a > statement like that, you shouldn't make it.
Five years ago, in 1997, a well specified computer would have been a Pentium II 350 with 128MB of RAM, about 10Gb hard disk and a hardware accelerated video card powering a 17" monitor. I know this, because I still have the well specified computer I bought in 1997 and I'm using it right now as a mail-server and web-server. Now maybe his statement would have been true if he'd said ten years ago, when a powerful machine would've been a 486 with 32Mb. dave -- dave o'brien - http://www.diaspoir.net A lie is an abomination unto the Lord and a very present help in time of trouble. -- Adlai Stevenson - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
