JON: if you're asking me about the speed, I say 233mhz is fine for anyone
JON: so don't ask me about the speed.
CHRIS: i am not building a paper-typing machine
JON: ahem
JON: windows is a hog.
JON: other options are not
CHRIS: cpu hog?
JON: cpu/mem
JON: yes
JON: you'd be amazed what kde compiled for the computer you are using on linux feels like on a 233mhz
JON: it's so responsive.
CHRIS: i beleive it
JON: and just great.
CHRIS: isnt there a way to just rip the innards out of windows
JON: talk to bill gates.
CHRIS: with like powertoys etc equiv
JON: i don't know what you mean
JON: but I suspect you are suggesting what wine does
CHRIS: i would assume there are little software deals that let you ... make windows hog less
JON: oh no.
CHRIS: frig
JON: the reason its a hog is because of how it tries not to be a hog
JON: its not the transparent menus or whatever.
CHRIS: thats more ironic than super-gui
JON: well if it was up to me, everyone would be running in console
JON: well not console
JON: but close
CHRIS: i agree
CHRIS: but for the wrong reasons
CHRIS: "minimalism = art" etc- but yes i get
JON: you're a minimalist? or are you calling me a minimalist?
JON: I am a functionalist.
CHRIS: i am saying i strongly appreciate minimalism
JON: and a minimalist.
JON: ok then
JON: whatever. as long as we got no where.
CHRIS: oddly this felt like a few centimeters
CHRIS: as opposed to the conventional zero centimeters
JON: well I think because we were in constant agreement
JON: rather than only constant masked agreement
JON: masked by disagreement
CHRIS: congratulations on being dead on
JON: /bow /bow
JON: /roses /roses