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- From: aelman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Adam Elman)
- Subject: Re: Windows with 2M RAM
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- Organization: CS Department, Stanford University, California, USA
- References: <1992Nov9.185519.18959@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 20:36:55 GMT
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- lari@saadi.berkeley.edu (Francesco Lari) writes:
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- >Hi,
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- >I got a friend with a 386-SX/33MHz and 2M of RAM, 80M HD.
- >Is it possible to run Windows with this configuration?
- >I understand it is going to be pretty slow, but she is just going to use
- >simple word processing programs like Word. Do you think she will be
- >able to run it?
- > Thanks,
- > FRANCESCO
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- It's certainly possible, but I'd recommend upgrading to 4MB as soon as
- possible. The performance will be better with 4MB, and since memory
- is selling for $30-40/MB right now, it's not too bad a deal.
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- Adam Elman
- aelman@cs.stanford.edu
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