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- From: mountg@prism.CS.ORST.EDU (George Mount)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: 8mb RAM to 12mb or 16mb RAM significant difference?
- Message-ID: <1ivrijINNjsl@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>
- Date: 13 Jan 93 01:34:11 GMT
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- References: <1993Jan12.002548.25711@netcom.com>
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- In article <1993Jan12.002548.25711@netcom.com> lyle@netcom.com (Lyle Fong) writes:
- >I'm currently running OS/2 on a 486/25sx.. with 8 mb RAM.. I am thinking
- >of upgrading to either 12 mb or 16 mb of RAM. How significant will the
- >difference be? Will it be more significant than an upgrade to
- >a 486/33dx?
- >
- >Thanks
- >
- >Lyle
- >
- >--
- >L y l e @ n e t c o m . c o m
-
- I noticed a tremendous jump in speed when I upgraded from 8 to 16MB,
- but mostly because I use Windows applications. There isn't any swapping
- when jumping from windows to the desktop. I think this is a better
- investment.
-
- George
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