RE: Who is using WDSC, who is using PDM/SEU?

I wish I had a faster computer with more memory but I still find it more
efficient to use WDSC on my old laptop than to go back to green screen.
In fact, I could not do my job without WDSC. There are way too many
reasons to list in an e-mail on why this is the best way to go.

FYI, the laptop I have is an older IBM ThinkPad T40, with 512MB of RAM, 25
GB hdd, running Windows XP Professional. Note, this is less than the
minimum amount of memory from the WDSC specs, yet I have WDSC, iSeries
Navigator, 1 or 2 green screen sessions, Outlook, Word, Excel, Adobe
Reader, and IE all open and running at the same time.

My home PC on the other hand is a desktop with 2.5 GB of RAM.

Glenn Gundermann
ggundermann@xxxxxx
(647) 272-3295

Hi, John:

Looking at the price of RAM in isolation is like price-shopping a Windows
server against a Series i. It's just not that simple.

For us, there are two main drags on being early adopters of
resource-demanding applications such as WDSC. First, putting more RAM into
a PC is nowhere nearly as easy as specifying that amount of RAM on a new
machine. The motherboard has to support the added memory. The
archaeologically interesting debris compacted around the CPU box has to be
removed. The Network Administrator has to have the available time.

Second, transferring **ALL** the user's settings from one computer to
another is a pain. Modified commands is a limited problem for an i5/OS
upgrade. In Windows that sort of thing is a virulent epidemic. Sure, the
browser has a new version. What happened to my bookmarks? No, this is not
to say that Windows upgrades can't be done. We do them regularly. But that
kind of disruption is not to be taken lightly, and for the most part our
staff would rather make do with what they have unless the upgrade is HUGE.

Darrell