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From: wirehead@oxy.edu (David J. Harr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: 4 Megg SIMMs. Should I or shouldn't I?
Message-ID: <121667@tiger.oxy.edu>
Date: 1 Nov 90 16:10:00 GMT
Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA  90041
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Ok, I am finally taking the big step and upgrading my Mac II to a IIfx.
Since I have to buy all new memory anyway, I am considering getting 4 4Meg
SIMMs and 4 1Meg SIMMs instead of 8 1Meg SIMMs. This is a signifigantly more
expensive proposition, so I want to ask all the people out there in A/UX
land: Is it worth it? Using 20 MBytes of memory, do you see any major
improvement while running A/UX as compared to a stock (stock? I remember
when I lusted after a machine with a whole *2 Megs* in it. Ah, the good old
days...) 8 Meg machine? I don't foresee any really large compiles or
anything under A/UX although I might try out my new shiny MPW 3.2 and see
if it really will compile in the background under A/UX while running
MultiFinder as the front process. Anyway, I would like some guidance on this
(Actually, I'm probably really just looking for enough people to say "GO FOR
IT" that I will fell justified in maxing out yet *ANOTHER* credit card doing
this, but that's another story...) to help me make an informed decision.

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