Re:Maybe people do care about performance and reliability
by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @01:46PM
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> MS Word in the 90s and 00s [...] often took minutes to start up.
And how quickly would the latest version of Microsoft Word start up on 90s-era PC?
Okay, so it wouldn't start up at all because the computer would not have enough memory, among other things. Let's say we built the absolute closest computer that could still technically run modern MS Office. We'd choose the absolute slowest CPU that can still boot Windows 10, the smallest amount of memory, and so on. It would still be many times faster than a 90s-era PC.
How quickly would modern Office open on that hardware? What about Office 95?
And how quickly would the latest version of Microsoft Word start up on 90s-era PC?
Okay, so it wouldn't start up at all because the computer would not have enough memory, among other things. Let's say we built the absolute closest computer that could still technically run modern MS Office. We'd choose the absolute slowest CPU that can still boot Windows 10, the smallest amount of memory, and so on. It would still be many times faster than a 90s-era PC.
How quickly would modern Office open on that hardware? What about Office 95?