Re: GUI ?
Of course you are right. There are a lot of good use cases for machines with 256 MB or less of memory. However, my original point with respect to memory was basically these two:
1. I wouldn't recommend the use of a machine with 256 MB or less of memory as a computer to be used as a desktop, running GUIs of multiple applications,
2. I wouldn't recommend a pentium computer (referring to pentium meaning the typical age of chips called pentium when they might regularly be shipped with 256 MB of ram) for any purpose. Among the reasons for this are power efficiency, raw processor speed, memory speed, and speed and reliability of the disks typically found inside these things.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
