From: Mark Bell (bytehead_at_bellatlantic.net)
Date: Wed Mar 03 1999 - 05:44:24 EST
Well, this I would agree with. I used my 770ED at first for normal
small apps and it was not my, "goto" machine for real work because
most work I can bring home and use the tower of power (P2-450/256megs).
But a current contract job requires a lot of on the site Access/VB
work working with backend tables ON my notebook (100+megs per
backend plus code) + VB6.0 opened at the same time as Access. It was
the first time I noticed a drastic difference between it and my home
machine (besides game <g>). 64->128 made a big difference. I am
seriously contemplating throwing another 64megger in there for 160
or splurging for a 128megger for 192megs. A friend who does mainly
web design and runs Photoshop has 288megs purring in his 770E. On
the flipside, a few consultants I know run 48meg 760's with said
software, so tolerance and patience are definitely two things to
consider. ;)
If you are addicted/forced to run Office and keep multiple apps open,
I recommend a minimum of 64megs, and if you can, throw 96->128 in
there. Yes, M$ pays my bills with 95% of the work my firm does, but
it is still bloatware. (In the words of a friend, "You would think if
they wrote the OS *AND* the Apps for said OS, they could get it right...")
Basically, if you feel your system is running slow, step back and consider
why it is running slow. If it is a game, well, most likely a memory upgrade
won't make a world of difference, but if you find yourself with multiple
apps running, known bloatware, image rendering and manipulation software,
or see mad disk activity, then a memory upgrade should definitely be
contemplated.
At 03:11 PM 3/3/99 +0800, Warren Tan Wing Wah wrote:
>Hi Peter and the rest...
>
>I'm the guy who told Peter that it wasn't necessary to upgrade his thinkpad
>to 128MB :)
>
>His requirements were for general everyday windows 98 business applications,
>and the occasional photoshop work. Not running NT, anything high end, or
>working with large files, I was informed. Based on those facts, many
>opinions on newsgroups, and my personal experience, my advice to him was
>that he wouldn't get any dramatic improvement by getting the upgrade.
>
>My experience - unless you're working with Windows NT or high-end Windows 98
>applications or large files which require tons of RAM, spend your money
>elsewhere :)
>
>I'm open to debate, this is only my opinion :)
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