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On a 386, MS Word would make you sit around for 10-15 seconds looking at the splash screen. Then when you upgraded to a 486, you opened Word and it was like "bi
by MarkLowenstein 5y ago
On a 386, MS Word would make you sit around for 10-15 seconds looking at the splash screen. Then when you upgraded to a 486, you opened Word and it was like "bing!", you're up and running.
Now with magnitudes more speed and memory available, loading Word is...somewhere in between.
- lproven 5y agoI run Word 97 under WINE on a decade-old Thinkpad running Ubuntu. Opening it is a joy... what was a slow, lardy app when it was new is now lean, mean and fast.