Re: NHS privatisation + IT (was [Sheflug] Computing)

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 01:23:37PM +0000, David Mitchell wrote:
> > As a matter of interest, what is the recommended cpu/memory for Star 
> > Office? I have Star Office 5.2 installed on a SuSE 6.3 system with a 250MHz 
> > Cyrix MII and 32MB of DRAM and SO runs like a 3-legged dog :(
> 
> I use a 96Mb Sparcstation at work, and S.O. still thrashes :-(
> Its startup memory footprint appears to be about 50Mb, even before
> you open a document.

	6.0 seems to have need a bit less memory, but it's very slow
with 64 megs here (minimal X setup, blackbox and no desktop).
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