[K12OSN] Client RAM question

[Calvin Park, ACDS]

Video could do it...maybe it has something to do with the amount of Video
memory. But that doesn't quite seem to make sense to me since it's taking
time to load the application, as opposed to displaying it. But maybe.
Mella may be onto something. Our terminals here haven't restarted, but they
do take a noticably different amount of time to load apps such as
OpenOffice, Mozilla, and Evolution. Again, this isn't a major issue, but it
is interesting. What Julius said also makes sense, if the XServer is loading
up in the RAM on the client, it might be ideal to have 128 in each client,
as well as 50MB on the server for each client....or maybe 100MB on the
server for each client.

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Subject: RE: [K12OSN] Client RAM question


Calvin Park, ACDS said:
> Yes, I did check the network connection, both are running at 100Mbps. The
> have the same processors in them and everything. Like I said, it's not a
> huge issue. Because even the slower ones brings up apps in decent time. I
> was just curious if RAM in the client would affect things at all.

I recently observed this same oddball occurrence. An HP5300 here (64mb
ram/100mb) is noticibly faster than a thinknic (64mb ram/100mb) plugged into
the very same switch. The only difference I see hardware wise is the
thinknic
has a cyrix 266 while the hp has a crusoe 533. Perhaps the main difference
though is the video cards. The thinknics have some sis card that you have to
use a standard Xvesa driver for to get good results. The HP5300's have a
nice
ati card that zips right along. Perhaps the video is what makes everything
seem quicker.

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