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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: 486/SX for OS/2 adequate?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.012731.13091@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 01:27:31 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.202100.24666@netcom.com>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <1993Jan8.202100.24666@netcom.com> lyle@netcom.com (Lyle Fong) writes:
- >I used to run OS/2 2.0 on my 386/33.. it was running 'ok', but definitely
- >still slow.. (One of the reasons I decided to take OS/2 off the HD)
- >Now I have a 486/sx-25.. Will it be faster than my 386 for running OS2?
- >Or the same? or even slower? Will a 486/33 make THAT big of a difference?
- >How much noticable difference will there be with a 486/50sx2?
- >err.. I meant dx2 in the last line..
-
- OS/2 is first and foremost RAM bound, so if you can, add RAM first.
- Then it is bound by hard disk access speed. A faster hard disk
- results in a faster OS/2. Then comes CPU horsepower, typically. Your
- 486SX/25 will be slightly faster than your 386DX/33 when running OS/2
- 2.0. But, if you are short on RAM, add that first.
-
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