Re: windows vista and windows 7

On 07/06/11 09:00, Craig Ringer wrote:
> On 06/07/2011 04:18 AM, Heine Ferreira wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Does Postgres run on the Starter Edition of Windows Vista and Windows 7?
>
> As far as I know PostgreSQL is not explicitly tested on Windows ...
> Starter Edition. Whether it will work depends on how crippled those
> editions of Windows are.
>
> Why would you want to run PostgreSQL on a crippled OS like that anyway?
> What's your use case?

Apparently it's quite common on cheaper Netbooks and on PCs in "emerging
markets".

Looking at the Windows 7 Starter FAQ, I don't see why it wouldn't work..
You're limited to 2 GB of memory, but that'll be enough to get by on for
local development and stuff.

-Toby