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From: neff@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Dave Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: SIMMS for IIsi
Message-ID: <1040006@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 1 May 91 16:11:38 GMT
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Regarding upgrading your IIsi memory:

I suggest you consider getting 4 2 meg simms to give you 9 megs total
rather than 4 1 meg simms to give you 5 megs total.  In order to
upgrade memory you have to "toss" the chips already in the computer.
So be sure you get enough.

I have a IIsi at home with 5 megs and I am upgrading it to have 17 megs.
I find 5 megs to be restrictive, and really think you might be happier
with a 9 meg system.  I have an 8 meg FX at work and find that amount
of RAM to be adequate.  I know system 7 with virtual memory will help,
but still real RAM is better than virtual memory.

It depends on what you are doing of course.  I'm mainly doing color
graphics and some program development and I find 5 meg just doesn't
cut it.  If you are just doing word processing and spreadsheet type
work 5 megs will probably be O.K.

Just for a case in point, I tried to compile a sample C++ program
that came with Programming with MacApp in C++ and it could just barely
compile on a 5 meg system.  There was just a couple hundred K left.
My system is fairly big due to inits, RAM caching, lots of fonts
and so forth.  Similarly, if I have a color drawing program running
I can only open one window, and can be running no other programs.

Dave Neff
neff@hpvcfs1.HP.COM