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From: ballard@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Alan Ballard)
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Subject: Re: opinions 386 sx vs. 386 dx
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Date: 9 Jan 91 06:04:42 GMT
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In article <1991Jan8.132931.10261@uunet!konkord> drc@konkord.uucp (Dave Carhart) writes:

>I know I need at least 4 Mbytes of RAM or OS/2 runs slow 
>as snail shit (Now that's something to ponder :-) ) 
>Is there any compelling reason to get more at this time.

I can't comment on your questions about DX vs SX.  But wrt memory, it really
depends on what you want to do, how fast your processor and disk are, 
and what kind of response you expect.
 
To give you one data point: On a 20Mhz PS/2 model 70, I found running the
MSC 6.0 PWB development environment in 4MB got pretty tiresome.  It runs 
quite acceptably in 6MB.  This is with 1.2 -- 1.3 is supposed to be better.
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