Issue 14147

Summary:	It would be great to have an option to allow OO to run without consuming so much memory
Product:	General	Reporter:	vreid47362 <vaughn_reid_iii>
Component:	code	Assignee:	stx123
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	issues@framework <issues>
Severity:	Trivial
Priority:	P3	CC:	issues
Version:	OOo 1.1 Beta
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows ME
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Latest Confirmation in:	---
Developer Difficulty:	---

Description vreid47362 2003-05-06 06:59:54 UTC

I would like to see an option to allow OO to run without using so much RAM.  
Currently, when I use my Win2K machine, OO preloads about 35 megabytes of 
program into RAM.  This is ok on my newer machines at home.  At work, however, 
where we have some older machines running win 98 first edition and win 95, this 
is a problem.  We are using machines with 32 and 48 megabytes of RAM total.  
Now, OO still runs on these machines, but they swap like crazy and are very 
slow and jerky.  It would be neat if you could figure out a way to get OO to 
work without using so much in the way of system resources.  By the way, I 
noticed that StarOffice 6.1 beta uses about 10 megabytes less RAM than OO 1.1 
beta

Comment 1 ooo 2003-05-06 09:00:41 UTC

this is not an API issue

Comment 2 matthias.huetsch 2003-05-19 10:15:49 UTC

Hi,

AFAIK, the current system requirements do recommend at least 64MB on
Windows (and at least 128MB on the Unix platforms).

This cannot simply be solved with an option, it is a more fundamental
issue and requires fundamental changes.

And you're not the first one to report it, please have a look at
issue 7968. I've pasted your description into that issue, so it
doesn't get lost. I will mark this one as duplicate and close it.

In case you feel this is not appropriate, you can reopen this issue
any time you like.

Matthias


*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 7968 ***

Comment 3 matthias.huetsch 2003-05-19 10:19:11 UTC

Changed component from 'installation' to 'framework', closing...