Arthur S. Alexion on Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:05:35 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] Memory hardware questions


On Friday 05 July 2002 02:40 pm, Fred K Ollinger wrote:
> I know that this is not the question you asked, but you said you
> wanted speed.
>
> Can you run another wm instead of kde? You can still run kde apps in
> another wm, and you might not need all the features of kde. If you do
> need all of kde then ignore this.
>
> I suggest icewm or blackbox.

I know that I could use something more intense for more speed.  I used 
to run AfterStep for that purpose.  For now, I'd like to get the most 
speed I can out of this machine no matter what WM I'm using.  I guess 
my question was, doing a price/performance analysis, is spending $160 
to get 128 MB worth doing over spending $80 to get 96 MB.  I mentioned 
the enviornment and apps that I use because some situations derive more 
benefit from increased memory than others.  

(For example, I have a 486-DX2-66 VLB, 40 MB ram, that burns up Word 97 
and Quickbooks, but wouldn't dare play an MP3.  I wnted to answer the 
"what are you using this for?" question before it was asked.)

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