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Re: Resource hungry operating system
« on: October 09, 2010, 05:01:14 AM »
I think there's a general tendency to simply throw more hardware at the problem, rather than make software run more efficiently.
 

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Re: Resource hungry operating system
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2010, 05:28:39 AM »
No reason not to give the user the choice. Let me get rid of stuff I will never use, disable things I'll probably not use but want to keep around, and enable anything that fits my specific needs.
 

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Re: Resource hungry operating system
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2010, 08:47:19 PM »
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None of that DMA rubbish either, also, what was wrong with simple CPU driven framebuffers eh?

And basic, it's gotta have basic!

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basic in ROM or GTFO :)
 

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Re: Resource hungry operating system
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2010, 10:26:01 PM »
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Hehehe!



Wow, we both got served here! :lol:


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