Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!batcomputer!alchemy!judge From: judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT/Amiga Flamage: Get a life. Message-ID: Date: 19 Apr 91 22:22:22 GMT References: <47402@ut-emx.uucp> Organization: Alchemy International, Ithaca, N.Y. Lines: 17 awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes: > In article judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithac > >Is that actual RAM usage, or how much space the OS takes up on the disk? > > It is actual RAM usage, BUT System 7.0 doesn't necessarily take up 2 meg, > although it will probably take the better part of 1.5. You have to remember > that a file server and outline font engine are in there as well. A disk cach > is also required with a default of 128k. System 7.0 is noticeable slower tha > previous versions. > > The beta version I have of System 7.0b4 takes up most of 8 DSDD floppies. I thought improvements in OS's made them faster. Why is this slower? It suretook them long enough to release it? rory