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From: "Darrell A. Martin" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Memory in Win 98 SE, Win ME, Win XP/XP Pro (was: Exhibit log)
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2002 05:04:37 -0600
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At 03:25 AM 3/3/02 -0500, Walt Flory wrote:
>>[snip my original]
>
>Darrell
>
>Thanks for the confirmation. I hated to even pose the question, I can tell
>you know your way around a computer. And yes, I certainly know that first
>line help desk is very spotty ... some are extremely good, some are very green.
>
>I know when I bought the computer that they showed configurations at least
>up to 256 MB. At the time (about two years ago) 128 MB seemed like a
>gracious plenty. The machine was designed and tested for both Win 98 SE
>and Win 2000. I was led astray by the comment about operating system
>limitations. Not even "junior" at the help desk hinted at the computer not
>being capable of handling it. I'll talk to them again.
>
>The computer was delivered running Win 98 SE in Feb 2000, one of the first
>of the PIII mobile computers. Do your comments still stand?
>
>Any thoughts on whether or not I should consider more than 256 MB?
>
>Walt Flory

Hi, Walt:

My comments still stand. And once you have confirmed that there is no 128
MB limit, my recommendation is to get as much memory as you can possibly
put in, subject only to technical and budgetary constraints. It will
improve performance more than a faster processor in many cases.

You should also be aware, based on many comments on TMG-L, that the
limiting factor for TMG itself (through version 4) is not so much memory as
system resources. More memory may help with that, but will not by itself
solve the problem in most cases. I don't know from experience: I had TMG
4.0c on a 75 MHz Pentium laptop with 24 MB of RAM and it ran OK. Stable,
yes - fast, NO <grin>. But your *other* programs, and TMG 5 when it
appears, will love the added RAM.

Darrell


Darrell A. Martin
a native Vermonter currently in exile in Addison, Illinois



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