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From: nick <>
Subject: [TMG] Re: Slow computer or slow program?
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 18:38:00 +0100
References: <200206021653.g52GriA01621@lists5.rootsweb.com>


(Sorry, wrong subject header in previous message)

I think your comments are interesting, Luc
It would be interesting to know what sorts of speeds TMG
programmers
are getting from different computer specifications. Personally, I would
not normally expect to buy a new machine (unless it was _very_ old) in
order to run new software which I think has been written to run on it.
Maybe Wholly Genes could make a comment?

Nick

Luc wrote:
>
> This statement is incomplete. It must be, I think:
> ".., this is quite slow , but normal, for a modern program using the latest
> technology and programming in an older environment as Windows 98 (= 4 year
> old)."
>
> The internal differences between Windows 98 and Windows XP are very
> significant.
>
> I'm using at this moment Windows Me, 64 MB RAM, Pentium II 300, and will
> not install TMG5 before I've upgraded to the standard hardware and software
> of TMG at the time of development. This is normally a Pentium
> 4/+900, Windows XP, 512 MB RAM, etc ..
>
> My last upgrade some weeks ago of a non-genealogical package, but with
> recent technology as TMG5, has been a disaster due to the limitations of my
> hardware and software environment.
>
> I don't expect that new software, developed in a new up-to-date system,
> will run easily in my old system. One reason to start with, is that new
> software will use some functions of a new operating system and/or hardware
> to offer more functions in less execution time. But if that new operating
> system isn't used, the new package will be often slower compared with the
> old package.
>
> From the time of Roots III I've always bought the package, then determined
> the operating system and then the hardware. I follow at this moment the
> same method. I'm now learning Windows XP (on the PC of my daughter). Once
> that done I will now what I need as hardware, etc ... .

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