Re: OT: Lean and mean XP for a 256K machine

["Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx]

Si Wright wrote:
> Patricia, I'm running windowed. With XP Pro, I have had serious
> jerky-cursor problems on Toshiba laptops without TAME. Sony, I think,
> was a tossup with or without TAME. And there's no jerky cursor (or so
> much less it's imperceptible) on an HP nc2400 (though its processor is
> unimpressive for its purported specs) and on the Fujitsu P1120. Hardware
> clearly makes a difference.
Just what I've been saying. The jerkiest cursor in my stable is
on W2K, though all the desktop mobos are Asus (or ASRock, which
is Asus's bargain-basement devision).
> I'm sure someone in the tech universe has formulated a truism about how
> fast software bloats to fill the available processors.

Sure. "Bill [Gates] taketh what Andy [Grove, head of Intel] giveth."
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Patricia M. Godfrey
priscamg@xxxxxxxx