Author: Michael Fuhrmann
Date: 13:43:08 04/12/00
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On April 12, 2000 at 16:06:04, Dan Ellwein wrote: >On April 12, 2000 at 14:57:42, Wayne Lowrance wrote: > >>Shopping for a computer at Gateway (they custom configure). He suggested that >>since windows 95 supported only 128 meg ram I was wasting money on requesting >>256. I told him my apps software (chess programs, fritz etc) could use for sure >>up to 184 meg ram on my current configured computer with 256 meg ram. This >>value is what fritzy will setup when i tell it to play full strength. Is he >>right ? is anything over 128 meg ram of little or no value because of windows ? >>Even so is performance significantly improved by goiong to 256 meg ram ? > > >Wayne... > >I got a Gateway computer (desk-top) that i bought a couple of years ago from >Gateway... > >came with Windows 95 loaded on it... > >now-a-days... > >those Gateway computers come loaded with Windows 98 2nd edition... > >and am quite sure can handle 256 Megs of memory, and, > >just a guess, > >performance would improve also (due to a larger swap file)... > >regards... > > - PilgrimDan > > >>thanks On the other hand, Win 98 2nd edtn seems to be causing problems for people running chess apps. E.g. people say it weakens Crafty considerably.
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