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From: acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: 16mb minimum for next machines
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Date: 23 Apr 91 02:03:43 GMT
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i don't have a next machine but i've been quietly sifting through
the messages here for when i do get one. however, one thing that
has greatly disturbed me is the fact that to get _good_ performance
out of a next you need like 16mb of memory. does anyone remember
the days of the apple II and 64k when that was a lot. i still think
it is. and to say that a "personal" workstation such as the next
needs 16mb to run under is quite pathetic. just what types of memory
gobbing programs are you people running on this thing. and
whatever application it is, i can't see how it's making good use
of the memory it has available.

and what about these humongous swap files some people have
reported. is this some kind of mistake. this is also quite
ridiculous.

please keep in mind i come from a world where 128k is a lot of
memory. so i criticize this from the viewpoint of _total_
efficiency. maybe everyone should have started out on these
measly machines.

albert chin