[OT]: Memory & Performance

[H. S. Teoh]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 04:29:30PM -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Sep 2013 20:58:32 +0200
> "monarch_dodra" <monarchdodra at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Today, if your computer has an SSD, and at least the 4 gigs of
> > memory, then it is basically fast enough to do mostly anything
> > that's not 3D, or massive number grinding. It will allow flying
> > through files, coding, surfing with tons of tabs etc...
> > 
> 
> I'm on a 4GB machine with no SSD (and much less than i7, only a
> mobile 2-core) and I find it to be plenty fast for anything non-3D.
> Not saying that an SSD (and i7) wouldn't be even better (and much
> hotter in the case of i7), I'm sure SSD et al would be a noticeable
> improvement, but FWIW I haven't had performance problems.
> 
> But I tend to avoid resource-hogging programs, so YMMV.
> 
> [1] My brother has an i7 Macbook - you could almost cook food on the
> underside of that thing!

Perfect, so one could browse the latest dmd git commits while boiling an
egg for breakfast (under the computer). Just the thing for D
enthusiasts. :-P


T

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