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- From: rkswamy@unity.ncsu.edu (Ravi Krishna Swamy)
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- Subject: Re: Will anyone buy NT?? (Yes - Intelligent People)
- Date: 19 Feb 1996 15:08:14 GMT
- Organization: North Carolina State University
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- In article <31288d9d.169447820@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, LdDev@ix.netcom.com (devil) writes:
- >Martin Nisshagen eloquently & electrically emitted:
- >
- >: polio wrote:
- >:
- >: > Isn't the 32 M RAM requirement a bit excessive? Do you realise how much
- >:
- >: Yes, NT runs OK in 12Mb and fine in 16Mb. From my experience NT consumes
- >: about 4Mb more than OS/2 or Win95.
- >:
- >: > that RAM will cost someone, as well as the grand or so for a complete NT
- >: > package?
- >:
- >[...]
- >
- >I use NT at work and Windows 95 at home; my 95 machine wasn't purring
- >until I had 32M in it. Let's face it, you need as much RAM as you can
- >afford for 32 bit technology. Fact two: 95 and NT will probably merge in
- >a couple of revisions and the price will come down -- probably another
- >$100 upgrade for existing 95 users.
-
- Wow. I've been using 32-bit technology for about 5 years and I started
- out with only 4 mb ram. It's more like you need as much ram as you
- can afford for Micro$oft 32-bit technology. Efficient 32-bit OS's
- have been around for years.
-
- Ravi
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