23 May
2006
23 May
'06
18:21
Matthew Stringer wrote:
Given that the cost of RAM these is so small (1GB of DDR400 costs about the same as the boxed version of Suse 10.1) there's little reason to see how little you can get away with.
It's not a matter of cost or how little you can get away with, but how much space you've got - or not. For instance, I have a couple of systems that accept a max of 768M.
On a desktop system with KDE/Gnome you want at least 512MB and a 1.4GHz CPU otherwise you're really restricting the capabilities of the OS and the experience isn't pleasent.
512Mb yes, preferably 1Gb - but CPU-wise you're fine with even just a 400MHz PII. (I occasionally use the KDE desktop on a quad-PIII box). /Per Jessen, Zürich