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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Buying a new system - request advice
Message-ID: <1990Feb21.034820.5913@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 21 Feb 90 03:48:20 GMT
References: <1990Feb20.225051.1905@athena.mit.edu>
Reply-To: dce@Sony.COM (David Elliott)
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp.
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In article <1990Feb20.225051.1905@athena.mit.edu> dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick) writes:
>2)  Memory
>    I think that 5MB is about right.  What is the best source for
>memory?

5MB is probably not a good idea.  If you decide to upgrade (to 8, 20,
or 32), you'll be stuck with 4 basically useless 256K SIMMs (if you go
to 32, you'll have 4 1MB SIMMs, but those are still pretty useful).

Given virtual memory in System 7.0, 4MB should be fine.  Given the
price of memory these days, 8MB should be inexpensive enough to go
with.

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David Elliott
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