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Re:Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What h... by pessimizer on Friday June 23, 2023 @01:23PM (#36449787)
> not an entirely like-for-like comparison.

I'm not sure why Windows minimum hardware requirements are relevant at all. If they were, they could get massive performance improvements by raising the hardware requirements. "Sure it's slow, but it's running on literally 1% of minimum recommended RAM!"

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Re:Windows NT on 600MHz machine opens apps instantly. What h... by nullindividual on Friday June 23, 2023 @05:00PM (#36452098)
They were very relevant back in the '90s. So relevant, it's why Windows 9x existed. The Windows NT 4 minimum system requirements around RAM were too high, thus deemed too expensive for consumers.
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