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From: eberard@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu (Edward Berard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: What Would I Do With 20 Megs of RAM in a SE/30?
Keywords: 4 Meg SIMMS, SE/30
Message-ID: <634@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 19 Dec 89 16:16:32 GMT
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Soon, I will be getting an SE/30 with 4 megs of RAM and an internal 80
megabyte hard drive. I already have 4 1-meg SIMMs, so an upgrade to 8
megabytes of RAM will cost me (in effect) nothing.

I recently priced some 4 megabyte SIMMs at about $750 apiece, an found
that I would be required to purchase at least 4 of these SIMMs. This
means that for about $3000 I could have 20 megabytes of RAM (4 4-meg
SIMMs plus 4 1-meg SIMMs), or I could save $3000, and have 8 megabytes
of RAM.

My question is this: What can I do with 20 megabytes of RAM that I
could not do with 8 megabytes of RAM, which would justify the extra
$3000?

If it helps:

	- I love Multifinder, and it is not unusual for me to have 3
	  or 4 applications open at once, and to transfer information
	  (e.g., graphics and text) among them.

	- I currently have a "plain" SE with 4 megabytes of RAM.

	- I am aware that System 7.0 is "just around the corner,"
	  i.e., April (maybe). Will this have (or should it have) an
	  impact on my decision?

				-- Ed Berard
				   (301) 353-9652