Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 13:54:29 04/12/00
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On April 12, 2000 at 16:43:08, Michael Fuhrmann wrote: >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. Is this hearsay? Can you give proof? Laurence
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