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Re:De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM by nine_k on Saturday February 04, 2023 @01:08PM (#34656569)
Sure, Commodore could do all that!

But if you had to use that software now, you'd say (justly) that it's extremely basic and limited, and that interoperability with other systems is not great.

What can be done ≠ what's comfortable to use.

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Re:De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM by api on Saturday February 04, 2023 @02:15PM (#34657176)
That doesn’t account for the sheer monstrosity of modern software. You don’t need gigabytes of RAM for those things.
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Re:De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM by brewdad on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:22PM (#34660561)
The state of things would seem to suggest otherwise.
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Re:De-Bloated Windows 11 Build Runs on 2GB of RAM by weinzierl on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:31AM (#34674068)
Fully agreed. When I tried my old Commodore a while ago I couldn't stand the 50Hz screen flicker for long. Unbelievable that back in the day I spent hours on hours in front of that stroboscope.

For me it's more about the excitement that the bright future lay ahead of us so clearly mixed with a slight disappointment that I sometimes feel we could have made more out of it.

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