Re: Oracle Mac Expense

In article <1994Sep2.085909.30935_at_capcon.apana.org.au>, gambit_at_capcon.apana.org.au (Robert Masters) wrote:

> I have recently had the joy of setting up a client-server system using
> oracle CDE tools on the mac. In terms of expense besides spending bundles
> of money to purchase oracle, you also need to upgrade your memory to about
> 20-40 Mbytes to get any sort of decent performance.
>
> I run Oracle on a Power mac with 40 Megs Ram and it is still sloow. It,
> does seem to run faster on our 486DX/66 than it does on any mac.

Are you referring needing that much memory for the CDE tools or the runtimes (or both)?

It doesn't surprise me that execution is slower on a PowerMac - you're running in emulation. How does it compare to a Quadra e.g. 650?

Mike Kranzdorf                   mikek_at_krt.com