From: "Al Heath" Received: from mxout4.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.168] verified) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 336817 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:51:43 -0400 Received: from mxin1.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.175]) by mxout4.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GL0cn-0005NA-6T for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:51:41 -0400 Received: from e34.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.152]) by mxin1.mailhop.org with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1GL0cl-000DXC-Vq for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Wed, 06 Sep 2006 12:51:40 -0400 Received: from d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.106]) by e34.co.us.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k86GpWMV002556 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 12:51:32 -0400 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (d03av01.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.167]) by d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/NCO v8.1.1) with ESMTP id k86GpVtu259976 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 10:51:31 -0600 Received: from d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k86GpVGV018777 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 10:51:31 -0600 Received: from d03nm122.boulder.ibm.com (d03nm122.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.148]) by d03av01.boulder.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k86GpV42018769 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2006 10:51:31 -0600 Importance: Normal Sensitivity: Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless]Re: eCS or OS/2 on T60 [Was: Re: Next wave of portable device architecture] To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 11:51:26 -0500 Message-ID: X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on D03NM122/03/M/IBM(Release 7.0.1HF269 | June 22, 2006) at 09/06/2006 10:51:31 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; Boundary="0__=09BBFB72DFC8E2748f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFB72DFC8E274" Content-Disposition: inline X-Mail-Handler: MailHop by DynDNS X-Spam-Score: -1.5 (-) --0__=09BBFB72DFC8E2748f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFB72DFC8E274 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable >>>I have found that for a Windows-XP that is actually USED over a long= er period, >>>something like 6GB is about the minimum, unless you do a lot of twea= king and >>>removing unneeded stuff, or move lots of data to other partitions ..= . >>> >>>Regards, JvW >> >>In order to have anything resembling a usable Windoze2K, I had to go = to >>12GB. >Yes, but that depends on what kind of applications you have and use. >On a dedicated machine that I use for web-browsing and photoshop only,= >I have been running Windows-XP in 6GB for a few years now ... I know it's comparing apples to oranges, but I run XP in a VPC session = with not too much going on over there, and can compress the image down to ab= out 6 gig, but it bounces back up to about 9 gig after a while of use (gett= ing XP patches, swap space, etc...), so compress it again every few weeks. = I tell people I have the biggest foot print "dialer" on the planet... as = I need XP for my work related VPN and that is basically all it does is ha= ndle the socks proxy stuff for the tunnel. It does have Lotus Notes install= ed over there as well as some other useless "work required" apps that do t= ake up probably a gig of that 6 gig space. IMHO, 4 gig is pretty small. I= 'd suggest 8 as a more realistic minimum so you'd have some room for some things like Java, Firefox, Antivirus software, spam ware tools, etc... Even then, you might have to watch the space utilization pretty careful= ly. FWIW, Al H= --0__=09BBFB72DFC8E2748f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFB72DFC8E274 Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable

>>>I have found that for a Windows-XP that is actually = USED over a longer period,
>>>something like 6GB is about the minimum, unless you do a lo= t of tweaking and
>>>removing unneeded stuff, or move lots of data to other part= itions ...
>>>
>>>Regards, JvW
>>
>>In order to have anything resembling a usable Windoze2K, I had = to go to
>>12GB.

>Yes, but that depends on what kind of applications you have and= use.

>On a dedicated machine that I use for web-browsing and photosho= p only,
>I have been running Windows-XP in 6GB for a few years now ...<= br>
I know it's comparing apples to oranges, but I run XP in a VPC sess= ion with not too much going on over there, and can compress the image d= own to about 6 gig, but it bounces back up to about 9 gig after a while= of use (getting XP patches, swap space, etc...), so compress it again = every few weeks.  I tell people I have the biggest foot print &quo= t;dialer" on the planet... as I need XP for my work related VPN an= d that is basically all it does is handle the socks proxy stuff for the= tunnel.  It does have Lotus Notes installed over there as well as= some other useless "work required" apps that do take up prob= ably a gig of that 6 gig space.  IMHO, 4 gig is pretty small. &nbs= p;I'd suggest 8 as a more realistic minimum so you'd have some room for= some things like Java, Firefox, Antivirus software, spam ware tools, e= tc...  Even then, you might have to watch the space utilization pr= etty carefully.

FWIW, Al H= --0__=09BBFB72DFC8E2748f9e8a93df938690918c09BBFB72DFC8E274--