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- From: ph3037@irix.bris.ac.uk (C. Dew)
- Subject: Re: BeBox Is Here. Listen Closely ESCO
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- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:07:54 GMT
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- John Hendrikx (john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl) wrote:
- : In a message of 26 Jan 96 Mjp3783@alpha.isc.rit.e wrote to all:
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- : On Amiga 4-8 MB is sufficient yes, on Windows NT, Win95, BeOS, OS/2, System 7,
- : and most other modern OS-es, NO WAY! I would recommend atleast 16 MB for any of
- : the OS-es I just listed, and if you want to get that 'Amiga' feeling of having
- : tons of memory free then I would recommend getting 32 MB or more.
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- 6Mb is so nice on an (accelerated) Amiga, I can run Wordworth, PPaint,
- GFABASIC and Angband all at once, with no constant use of harddisk (like
- the PC). Admittedly Wordworth is not Wordperfect and PPAint is not well,
- um, can you think of a comparable programme? Anyhow, for somebody who
- does not wish to use the many fancy features of PC programmes, they are
- fine. (Though directly loading and saving PC file formats, such as .doc,
- would be very useful.)
-
- Applications should go in the direction of letting the user use (and buy)
- just what they need, thereby cutting cpu and ram usage, as I think most PC
- programmes are over featured, for all but a few users.
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