I never like the "throw more memory at it, its cheap" argument because this misses some things like,
What if my machine is maxed out on memory already? What if I have an older or less high-end machine that only takes, say, 1GB of system memory? What if I am just an end user and don't know how to physically add memory to my machine? These types of questions are pretty relevant to a desktop application targeted at end users who are not necessarily computer administrators. Seeya! On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 12:18 PM, John Beardmore <John at t4sltd.co.uk> wrote: > Lars O. Grobe wrote: > >>> Looking forward to 1.3.5... >> >> As everyone is talking about 1.3.5 - can I expect mayor improvements in >> memory management? I am rather happy with scribus, but I experience awful >> slowdowns on documents with many drawings, and I remember those times when I >> was doing layout on Quark 4, OS 9 and 256 MB ... now even my 1GB seam to be >> not enough, so some things are not very efficient here > > I take your point. Better memory management will always be better, but... > > With the cost of two gig of RAM less than a tank of petrol, > isn't the cheapest / least effort option to throw RAM at the > problem for the time being ? > > That's not to say that better memory management won't be worth while in the > end. No doubt it will address the analogous problem with big machines > working on HUGE documents. > > > Cheers, J/. > -- > John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI > Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ > Carbon Trust Consultant: Energy Audit, Carbon Footprint, Design Advice > Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme, (EEAS), Registered Assessor > Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- Jeff Silverman jeffrey.d.silverman at gmail.com
