[wxPython-users] wxMozilla

[Mike Driscoll]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Ollivier [mailto:kevino at theolliviers.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:05 PM
> To: wxPython-users at lists.wxwidgets.org
> Subject: Re: [wxPython-users] wxMozilla
> 
> Hi Mike,
> 
> On Sep 4, 2007, at 10:38 AM, Mike Driscoll wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > I agree with Richie. I work for the government and we only just got 
> > all our PCs upgraded to Windows XP from Windows 98 last 
> year. Looking 
> > at the in-use PCs right now, it looks like over 50% have 
> 512 MB of RAM 
> > in them or less.
> >
> > Only gamers and people buying new PCs in the last year or 
> two get 1 GB 
> > of RAM or more by default.
> 
> Well, this discussion seems to be premised on the idea that 
> WebKit needs 1GB of RAM, which it doesn't. ;-) You'll 
> certainly get some performance benefits by having it, but 
> that's obvious, as you'll almost always get better 
> performance system-wide when you upgrade your RAM and CPU (or 
> HDD if you move up to SATA, etc.).
> 
> At the same time, I think it's worth noting that heavily 
> optimizing for old computers also means not spending time 
> adding new features that all users are requesting, so memory 
> and resource optimization are great ideas but the last step 
> in the process. Of course, anyone who wants to help optimize 
> WebKit, Mozilla, etc. in these regards is free to help out. :-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kevin
> 

I've never used the webkit, I was just commenting on the fact that Richie
seemed to think that everyone had lots of RAM when there's a lot of people
that don't have it and may not even need it.

But the discussion is pretty off topic for a wxPython user's list. 

Mike