Talk:System requirements

message: Is there a template for Sys Requirements?
It would be mighty nice if there is one--sin-man 03:47, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template 

message: "Microsoft Internet Explorer is a frequent choice of software running on Microsoft Windows, which makes use of ActiveX controls, despite their vulnerabilities."
Should Internet vulnerabilities be mentioned in this article at all?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.150.113.26 (talk) 23:42, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias? 

message: I disagree with this statement: "...and a recommended set of requirements (for maximum performance)."  In my experience recommended requirements are not the ones for maximum performance but the ones that make the program behave well (minimal wait times or latency, reasonable resolution, etc.).  A system that exceeds the recommended requirements almost always runs a program more effectively than one that simply meets the recommended requirements, and thus "for maximum performance" is not the right parenthetical. --DeweyQ 03:46, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maximum performance? 

message: Hi All! Considering the potential of this article it is important to expand it. I have started it and your welcome to contribute. It must not take long and you are requested to discuss changes here for a short while (while the Underconstruction template is on the page) to avoid edit-wars and conflicts. Please feel free to update/change/discuss the expansion once it is complete. You can leave a note on my talk page if you need me or think I have been fooling around longer than necessary. :) --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 00:06, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is fast becoming a set of favorite edits of mine. The aim applied is to explain various aspects and componenets of the System requirements that software vendors define, and not just listing various SW reqs. --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 20:56, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

text: * Done!--20:56, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

text: * Done! --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 10:47, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major Expansion 

message: * The article has been expanded a bit and divided into subheads. --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 00:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Updates made 

message: * Various components of system requirements need to be included. Would request everyone reading this to discuss things to be incuded here. --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 00:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: * Done!--20:56, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

text: * Done! --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 10:47, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  To Do 

message: It is much easier for me to edit existing stuff than think about what needs to go here! :-)  We have to be careful not to let this become original research, so some claims will need citations.  I have added one that I felt was particularly critical about Intel's popularity related to pure clock speed instead of throughput.  Thank you Vikas for the great work so far! --DeweyQ 13:41, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: With a closer look it does look like a critical original research. I was unable to find a citation for it. Although it's true, I know we can't put unsourced material. Can rephrasing help? --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 02:23, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks DeweyQ! I'll bear that in mind. I also wanted to ask you if it would be better to replace the examples of popular games with [Microsoft Windows] OSs 3.x through Vista? --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 18:48, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps the original authors thought games provided the best illustration of system requirements increasing over time since game authors tend to design on and then deploy to much higher-end systems.  Windows XP has not changed its system requirements since 2001 (at least not substantially), but any game that came out in 2001 would have much lower requirements than a game that came out in 2006. Having said that, it would be more illustrative to show how the same game in a series has increased its requirements over a period of time.  A long-running franchise like Madden might serve this purpose. --DeweyQ 20:53, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well may be the original authors thought that way. But it would be almost impossible to find the respective system requirements of each of the releases of a long running game. As for MS Windows, what I meant was with every release of a new MS Windows OS, the system requirements go up too, and the one for Vista was a real big leap. Moreover such information is still readily available and verifiable. What do you say? --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 02:14, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

text: We could put across a table to make the MS Windows sys. reqs. more readable! --Vikas Kumar Ojha Talk to me! 02:19, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great work 

message: It's great. ~ Flameviper Who's a Peach? 16:16, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total [[leet|1337]]ness