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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: There
- Date: 3 Apr 1996 11:23:40 +0200
- Organization: dis-
- Message-ID: <4jtg2s$po5@serpens.rhein.de>
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- wocket@supersonic.ruhr.de (Andreas Wohlfeld) writes:
-
- >In article <4jf7pe$2p9@serpens.rhein.de>, mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst) wrote:
- >> I lived with an A1000 and 2MB long enough.
-
- >I lived with an A2000 and 1MB long, too. But I didn't use neither OS 3.1
- >nor MUI nor a webbrowser.
-
- I used OS 2.1 and obviously no webbrowser (there was no web at that
- time). But I used compilers, editors, TeX and the like which are in
- the same ballpark as a Browser, memory-wise. And yes, 2MB was enough.
-
- >> This shows that 2MB aren't sufficient for many things. However, they are
- >> sufficient for running the network software, browser and other tools and
- >> that's why 2MB for the Surfer are reasonable.
- >>
- >Hm, are we missunderstanding ourselves? Do you say it's okay to sell the
- >Surfer with 2MB
-
- That's what I say.
-
- >or do you say that for some people 2MB would be enough
- >because they don't want to run more that one or two programs at once?
-
- You get what you pay for.
-
- >> >And I guess your
- >> >reasonable Pentium setup for 2500DM has 8MB.
- >>
- >> Yes. Still DM 1000,- more than the Surfer.
- >>
- >4MB for a Pentium are as useable as 2MB for a A1200 Surfer.
-
- No.
-
- >So why does your Pentium setup has 8MB?
-
- Because it needs 8MB to do something similar (and Pentiums come
- with 8MB anyway).
-
- >The price is still way off
- >reality. Let's say less than 2000DM for a 'reasonable' Pentium setup.
-
- I searched through all the mail-order ads. What you need costs about
- DM2500,- today for a Pentium. A 486dx4 is a bit cheaper.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
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