Re: SUN JRE (Java) as package for TS2

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 smc-mobile-hi6Y0CQ0nG0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > It probably could work, but... Did you check the size of jre? It is around
> > 500% bigger by itself than a typical TS image,
> 
> 500 % ?!!
> 
> Let me count:
> TS2 image ~5 Mb
> Firefox TS package - 10 Mb
> SUN JRE (only runtime, NOT SDK!) - 13 Mb (With help and other unuseble
> Libraries)

OK, maybe I'm mistaken, but j2re1.4.2_03  is 33.4 MB  on my win2kPro box. 
That's nowhere near 13 MB. I agree the 500% is a bit on the high side (I 
was counting on an earlier JRE). Still...

> I ThinK the size is enough comparable
> 
> > it requires very powerful 
> > cpus and plenty of RAM. It isn't really useful for a thin client, IMHO.
> > 
> 
> As for performance, think about minimum computer configuration availible in
> the market. (I mean new OEM hardware)
> So, minimun is i845G+Celeron2G/KM266+AMD Duron 1,6G/VIA EPIA 1G and 128 MB
> DDR (I was happy to find 64 MB, but in our country 128 is Rarity -
> Everywhere they sale 256 minimun... ) And i remember, how I was running Java
> apps normaly on P2-300/64.
> 
> Nikolay

Well, we have this discussion all the time: is TS for new OEMs or older 
HW. The concensus seems to be TS should work on old HW. I do agree with 
you to some extend as I have fairly new HW myself. Still, a thin client 
must be perfectly functional on light hardware only.

Mike
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