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- From: scottd@cs.hw.ac.uk (Scott Dunn)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Best 'thing' to upgrade?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.125352.25894@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 12:53:52 GMT
- References: <1992Sep7.133714.21760@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Sender: news@cs.hw.ac.uk (News Administrator)
- Organization: Dept of Computing & Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
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- In article <1992Sep7.133714.21760@cs.hw.ac.uk>, scottd@cs.hw.ac.uk (Scott Dunn) writes:
- |> I have a 25MHz 386DX, 5 megs, 120MB HD, and am looking to upgrade my system.
- |> The options are :
- |> 33MHz 486DX motherboard
- |> more RAM
- |> bigger HD
- |> 387
- |> or a combo of some of the above.
- |>
- |> Budget of about 400 pounds, which will get me a cheap 486 motherboard.
- |> 1MB cost about 25 pounds, I can go up to 8MB (motherboard limitation) this way.
- |> A 387 about 130 pounds
- |> I think my HD is big enough for the moment.
- |>
- |> So, I guess the question is, would I be better getting 8 megs and a 387, or sticking with 5 megs and getting a 486?
- |>
- |> Cheers,
- |>
- |> Scott.
-
- OK, thanks to all who replied, there have been many replies. So if anyone
- else is in the same position as I, here's what to do :
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- 1. buy 20megs of RAM,
- 2. buy a 387
- 3. buy a bigger hard drive
- 4. buy a 486 motherboard
- 5. wait until prices drop even further then buy a 486 motherboard
- 6. wait a bit longer, but a 486 motherboard with local bus video/hd
- 6. wait even longer and buy a P5 motherboard
- 7. get a friend in the states!
-
- Well, thanks all, you've really solved my problem :-)
-
- I guess the lesson here is, everyone has very unique requirements.
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- Cheers,
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- Scott.
-