From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Mon Dec 08 1997 - 20:15:44 EST
On Mon, 8 Dec 97 15:59:56 HST, David Ross wrote:
>Windows prior to '95 does not handle memory well - it allocates a hefty
>chunk of low memory for each process you run. When you run out of these chunks
>you're out of memory even if you have lots to spare in theory. There are
>several aftermarket utilities to get around this a bit (usually by making the
>default chunk size smaller); the only real solution is to move to OS2 or
>W95.
>
Windows 95? I had a bad time with memory in it. I think that the best
memory managing OSes are OS/2 Warp and Linux, with my personal
favorite obviously being OS/2.
Paul
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