Leaked: Portals 2000 Requires 64MB and a 300MHz CPU Posted by Pixelfish on Saturday October 16, @10:05AM EDT from the buy-a-new-computer dept. UpgradeUma writes "Final system requirements for Portals 2000 Professional have leaked: a 300MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, and two gigabytes of free disk space. The previous version ran happily in 16MB. Hardware vendors are said to be delighted." My first hard drive was 20 megabytes and I thought I'd never fill it. Leaked: Portals 2000 Requires 64MB and a 300MHz CPU | Login/Create an Account | Top | 30 comments | Search Discussion Threshold: -1: 30 comments 0: 25 comments 1: 18 comments 2: 13 comments 3: 10 comments 4: 6 comments 5: 5 comments NestedFlatThreadedNo Comments Oldest FirstNewest FirstHighest Scores First The fine print: the following comments belong to whoever typed them. Dashdot takes no responsibility for them, and frankly, neither do most of the people who typed them. Bloat by cyber_wombat on Saturday October 16, @10:19AM EDT (#3) (User Info) Every version needs twice the hardware to do the same thing. This is why I run Linix on a P166 and it flies. [ Reply to This ] Real requirements by Anthropologeek on Saturday October 16, @10:21AM EDT (#4) (User Info) If the minimum says 64MB, you need 128MB to actually use it without swapping. Minimum requirements are written by marketing. [ Reply to This ] Re:Real requirements by RTFM_Ralph on Saturday October 16, @10:45AM EDT (#6) (User Info) I work in this field, and the parent is basically right, although the details are a bit more complicated than one comment can cover. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Real requirements by BioBob on Saturday October 16, @10:46AM EDT (#7) (User Info) Whoosh. That was the sound of the joke going over your head. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Real requirements by Pixelfish on Saturday October 16, @11:16AM EDT (#9) (User Info) Real men use a magnetized needle and a steady hand. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Real requirements by DomainDave on Saturday October 16, @11:50AM EDT (#15) (User Info) I think you're missing the point. Nobody is arguing it's perfect, just that it's better than what we had. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Answer: 42 by Speculatron on Saturday October 16, @10:26AM EDT (#5) (User Info) The answer, of course, is 42. What was the question? [ Reply to This ] Hardware makers love it by SpudGun on Saturday October 16, @11:25AM EDT (#11) (User Info) Every new Portals release is basically a stimulus package for the RAM industry. [ Reply to This ] Re:Hardware makers love it by ShopperSheila on Saturday October 16, @11:35AM EDT (#13) (User Info) Thanks for posting this. I learned something today, which is rare for a comment section. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hardware makers love it by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 16, @12:17PM EDT (#19) Heh. Nice one. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Re:Hardware makers love it by MarkupMarcy on Saturday October 16, @01:40PM EDT (#24) (User Info) Hey, at least it's not Portals. [ Reply to This | Parent ] Beowulf by cyber_wombat on Saturday October 16, @11:41AM EDT (#14) (User Info) Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these. [ Reply to This ] BSD: a eulogy by pitchfork_pete on Saturday October 16, @11:55AM EDT (#16) (User Info) Sad news, everyone. Analysts at a firm I just made up report that BSD now runs on fewer than 4% of servers, down from 4.1% last spring. Even the daemon mascot has been seen updating his resume. Gather round, friends, and light a candle for the little OS that could, but statistically shouldn't. [ Reply to This ] Re: First post by Anonymous Coward (Score:0) Re: First post by cyber_wombat on Saturday October 16, @12:54PM EDT (#21) (User Info) Not true at all. I've been running it for months with no problems. Maybe check your hardware? [ Reply to This | Parent ] Information wants to be free by GrumpyGreybeard on Saturday October 16, @02:04PM EDT (#26) (User Info) Information wants to be free. Hardware wants to be cheap. I want a nap. [ Reply to This ] Standards by perl_monger_mo on Saturday October 16, @02:26PM EDT (#28) (User Info) This is why we need open standards. Without them every vendor builds a little walled garden and the users pay for the walls. [ Reply to This ] Interesting, but... by RailgunRhonda on Saturday October 16, @02:38PM EDT (#29) (User Info) This is interesting, but I think the article misses the bigger picture. Technology like this only matters when it gets cheap enough for ordinary people. Until then it's a toy for people who read Dashdot. Which, admittedly, is us. [ Reply to This ] Profit by Prior Art Pete on Saturday October 16, @02:45PM EDT (#30) (User Info) Step 1: write story. Step 2: get 300 comments. Step 3: ... [ Reply to This ] 12 replies beneath your current threshold. Show them all (threshold -1).

Moderation in all things, including moderation. [ home | awards | supporters | grits' homepage | contribute story | older articles | overandover.net | advertising | past polls | topics | about | jobs | hof ] Trademarks belong to whoever trademarked them. Comments belong to whoever typed them. Everything else © 1997-99 Overandover.net. Dashdot is served hot by KoldFusion 4.5 from Gibson Mainframe Co.