Hi Dave,

I just got a new Dell Inspiron 8500, too. Twice a fast (2GHz) as my last machine of a year and a half ago. Twice as much memory (512MB). But only 20% more disk space (up from 50 to 60GB). Sounds like a lot of space, until I start splitting this thing up into as many versions of Windows as I can handle. It should be an interesting adventure...

Mike

>Tom,
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>I don't think lean-and-mean is in the programming lexicon anymore. *L*
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>I just got a new Dell notebook, with preinstalled junk, the current Quicken consumes 146mb of disk (I actually still use Quicken4 for DOS which zips to a 1.44mb floppy) Do I think Quicken has gotten 100 times better? Nah.
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>Paintshop Pro 7 sucks up 80mb.. damn I remember downloading PSP on a 1200 baud modem a few years ago.
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>>Interesting observation! A far cry from the dBase II 64k S-100 machine I owned. I have enjoyed observing each version of dBase and FoxPro over the years and the amount of disk space as well as RAM requirements. I do not think my old Z-80 with 10 meg hard disk ($6000 for the hard disk in 1982) are up to these newer programs! :)
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>>In addition to the hardware becoming obsolete the same is true of some developers I knew 20 years ago. You keep up with the technology or take a place on the garbage heap. Silicon Valley is such a "fun place to live"! (not really)