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Subject: Re: How much RAM, etc?

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 16:54:35 10/30/03

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On October 30, 2003 at 16:31:23, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>Melissa,
>
>RAM is not the problem. You need to have two or more processors to properly
>multitask. In addition, a video card with 128 MB video RAM is a minimum for good
>graphics performance. Your system is OK for word processing and the internet but
>not for graphic intensive tasks while crunching numbers at the same time.  In
>short, your system is inadequate for your demands.
>
>TJF
>
>PS Game programs have a tendency to crash even the best computers.

As there are very few high end games that use 128megs of video ram, I would have
to say that her computer is fine concerning video. She probably has some sort of
onboard video (ie.Intel, SIS, VIA). At 2.4 Ghz celeron it is quite a fast
computer.

She also has 512 megs of ram. Simply put that system surely can do more than
word processing. A 486 can do word processing.

I use a PII 300 for a FTP server that runs 24/7 and has quite a high demand
load. It only has 256m ram. The Tucows download site still only uses a PII 400
with 512 ram for it's site to download. That is a major download center.

Peter.



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