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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!caen!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!ckd
  3. From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
  4. Subject: Re: PowerBook 145 2/80
  5. In-Reply-To: gerlach@greyrock.mso.colostate.edu's message of 13 Aug 92 14:20:43 GMT
  6. Message-ID: <CKD.92Aug13132253@loiosh.eff.org>
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  9. Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
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  12.     <GERLACH.92Aug13092043@greyrock.greyrock.mso.colostate.edu>
  13. Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:22:56 GMT
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  16. Scott> == Scott Gerlach <gerlach@greyrock.mso.colostate.edu> 
  17.  
  18.  Scott> Why would you want a machine with only 2MB RAM?  I don't even
  19.  Scott> use very high-powered software on my Mac, and 4MB is just barely
  20.  Scott> enough.  Buying a 2MB PB 145 is like begging to pay for a RAM
  21.  Scott> upgrade within the next 2-6 months.  4MB should be the minimum
  22.  Scott> configuration for all new machines IMHO.
  23.  
  24. Maybe, just *MAYBE*, you intend to go straight to 8M, and would rather
  25. not be saddled with an almost completely useless 2M expansion module?
  26.  
  27. After all, "4MB is just barely enough."
  28. --
  29. Christopher Davis * ckd@eff.org * System Administrator, EFF * +1 617 864 0665
  30.             ``Ed Gruberman, you fail to grasp Ti Kwan Leep.
  31.             Approach me that you might see.'' -- The Master
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