It's only a matter of time before the norm will be a GB of cache and half a
TB of DRAM ... and, of course, 768 TB of HD space. <sigh> now if we could
just get the software folks to leave out what's not necessary, including the
bugs.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: OT memory too cheap to pass up
> > I think you'd best do a little studying as to why people put so much RAM
in
> > thier Mac's. It's for the same reason that some people put that much in
> > thier PC's. It's not the OS, it's the Apps. When you're working with
> > 50MB+ graphics files with multiple layers in Adobe Photoshop it helps to
> > have lots of RAM. The same thing is true if you're doing Audio (and I
> > would assume video work).
>
> Yep. I have 128MB in my 7300, which is not enough because I have to turn
> virtual memory off to get good video throughput from the capture board. I
do
> a lot of multimedia work on it. 256MB would be better if the price point
> weren't as prohibitive as it is.
>
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Received on Sat Jan 27 2001 - 12:17:10 GMT