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From: sjhg9320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Idiot Savant )
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Subject: Re: 32-bits: what's the big deal?
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Date: 20 May 91 02:04:40 GMT
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Charlie.Mingo@p4218.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo) writes:

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>    At the risk of starting a flame war, I'd like to question why there's such
>a flap over "32-bit clean" ROM's at the moment.
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>* Currently, 4Mb SIMMs go for about $800 each; on 32-bit machines, SIMMs have
>to be matched in banks of four, so the minimum 4Mb SIMM configuration is 16Mb
>for $3200.    Does *anyone* out there have a Mac with 4Mb SIMMs?

Try running an AppleShare server, a QuickMail server, a Network Manager or
Two, and a few Gatorboxes, StarConnectors, and Fastpaths and you're looking
at a machine that uses 4 Meg SIMMS, which are currently priced < $160 each.
Managing a network of Personal Computers demands loads of memory.

However, I do see your point- at the present moment, running Excel, Word,
MacDraw II, Hypercard, DeltaGraph, and System 7.0 simulatneously only takes
10 Megs. Most personal and professional users will never slam into the memory
limits imposed by 24-bit addressing for at least another 18 months, maybe 
longer.

In most cases, the beef is with Apple's claims, not an actual need.
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