Re: win98 with 64Meg RAM - is it worth it

From: Klaus Hergesheim <hadis27_at_fresno.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:40:30 +0100
Message-ID: <970087876.5802.0.nnrp-09.d4e59262@news.demon.co.uk>

another two cents -

I've had Personal Oracle on a 120mhz, 32mb Pentium portable, under W95 and it seemed happy enough. I'd stick with the 7's though. 8 always seemed a bit miserable, even with just the server running. B'sides, PO7 is a doddle and won't take forever to download.

have fun,
klaus hergesheim

Stefan Kursawe <skursawe_nospam_at_earthlink.net> wrote in message news:05Vv5.9481$%p2.372321_at_newsread03.prod.itd.earthlink.net...
> Just my two cents..:
> Wouldn't Oracle Lite be an option ?
>
> "Scott Harris" <sharris_at_spam-me-not.delawarenet.com> wrote
> news:0mnarssncud62q6r48i31ob9vg717d0094_at_4ax.com...
> > I actually did just this on my laptop with almost exact specs as you
> > mention below. It works fine, just dog slow.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 08:52:22 GMT, Kate Downie <soft707_at_icqmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Hi experts.
> > >
> > >Yep, I want to install Oracle on a win98 machine that has only 64M RAM.
> > >
> > >To do this I have a monstrous download so is it going to be worth it?
> > >
> > >What I ideally want is to have an Oracle Database which:
> > > lets me learn to use Perl DBI to access the database
> > > lets me learn basic SQL
> > >
> > >Is a P233MMX with 64Meg RAM running Oracle server going to drive me
> > >mad ?
> > >
> > >
> > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > >Before you buy.
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Wed Sep 27 2000 - 15:40:30 CDT