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From: dave.l@mac.com
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Cc: inferno-list@vitanuova.com
Subject: Re: [9fans] [OT] 43 MB installer to share CD/DVD drive w/ MacBook Air
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:18:10 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <A59770CD-AD74-414C-BD27-15D7C2B566CC@mac.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4f34febc0801242131j316f6325h5cf1ab9c72a7ce31@mail.gmail.com>

> One wonders at what point the law of diminishing returns kicks in when
> it comes to software...

It didn't kick in: it snuck in a while ago.

I'm writing this on a 2GHz 2 core machine with 2Gb RAM
and a stock OSX 10.4 install.

it _should_ fly like a sparrowhawk: it's more like a dodo.
I wonder how much "Leopard"(ha!) will "speed it up".
Oh joy.

DaveL


  reply	other threads:[~2008-01-26  3:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-25  5:31 John Barham
2008-01-26  3:18 ` dave.l [this message]
2008-01-26  3:48   ` Pietro Gagliardi
2008-01-26  5:09   ` Christopher Nielsen

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