-=> Quoting Steven Horn to Nancy Backus on 11-17-04  22:48 <=-

 SH> How much multitasking one may do will depend on the use one makes of
 SH> one's PC. My PC (Dell Dimension 4100 with 512 Mb RAM and a Celeron 1.4
 SH> Ghz processor) runs a software firewall (ZoneAlarm Pro), a full-time
 SH> virus checker (Norton AV), and a full-time malware filter (Webroot Spy
 SH> Sweeper), plus a few utilities such as Google Desktop Search on boot
 SH> up.  Although I'm no longer a Fidonet NC, I also have Irex running 24/7
 SH> so I can receive my Fidonet mail whenever my mail hub sends it.

I'm not using any of that.  I'm hardly on the internet per se, and with
being in DOS I'm not really that vulnerable to the attacks, viruses and
spybots in the first place...  :)

 SH> When I add my email program (Outlook 2003) and my radio station
 SH> (Windows Media Player) to this mix, I have something around 72
 SH> processes running and have used about 65% of my real and virtual memory
 SH> (770 Mb of 1.3Gb).  However, Windows 2000 SP4 on my Dell handles all
 SH> this with aplomb and the system hasn't crashed in several months.

More power to you... :)  Not using windows at all, we haven't crashed
ever, and this computer's been going for over 10 years, maybe even 15.

 SH> Not everyone will want to carry this much overhead on their machine
 SH> but it's nice to be able to do it.  An obvious alternative would be to
 SH> use a separate machine for the DOS/Fidonet world but I would have a lot
 SH> more trouble finding room for another PC than I would finding some
 SH> additional space for my Zip drive or scanner in my study.  As it is, my
 SH> wife's PC is already connected to mine via ethernet and router and a
 SH> laptop is soon to follow.                   

We all have different approaches to what we need for what we want to
do...  :)

ttyl       neb

 SH> Take care,

 SH> Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}gmail.com)
 SH> Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
 SH> -!- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
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