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- From: jseeley@rain.org (Joseph Seeley)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Borland 5.0 Needs 16 - 20 M RAM
- Date: 21 Feb 1996 04:57:32 GMT
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- z@teleport.com wrote:
- : BTW, Borland 5.0 C++ requires "16 Mb of system memory or
- : higher (20 Mb recommended) ".
- : (per their upgrade order form V14).
- : While most office computers already meet this requirement,
- : home computer users should be aware of this before buying
- : the upgrade to 5.0.
-
- Well, I am totally new at this however, I went ahead and got MSVC++ 4.0
- for my system (8bm 100mhz Pentium) with the intention of purcahsing the
- additional RAM in a couple weeks. On the box its states: 16MB required,
- 20 recommended.
-
- However, much to my surprise, it has run flawlessly thus far. I am on Day
- 5 five of Teach Yourself Win 95 programming in 21 days (yeah right!
- Great book, way too many typos in the code and text however I believe
- this is par for the industry from what little I've heard.) and every
- program I've have typed in thus far (admitted only three pages of code at
- the most) has compiled and linked no problem. The hard drive does spin
- a lot, but it works.
-
- My point? If you are just starting out and are strapped and plan to
- upgrade your RAM in the near future (or once the programs stop
- compiling!) go ahead and buy it. I'm not recommending this as a
- permanent thing or to go against what it explicitly states on the box.
- I'm not even stating that it is particularly bright (I'm not known for
- brightness) Just want folks to know that a messagebox won't pop up saying
- "Sorry, you need 16mb RAM" or start having odd behavior with small programs.
- This is the case with MSVC++ 4.0 and do not know about Borland however
- they may very well behave in the same manner. I'm quite happy I did not
- have to wait at any rate.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- J. Seeley
-
-