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From: "Mary Lou Bailey" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Memory Recommended for TMG 5
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 22:01:33 -0400
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Thanks to all who responded to my question regarding their recommendations
for memory (and OS and other factors) to efficiently run TMG 5.
When I first began playing around with TMG 5 I thought it was just a
painfully slow program, and needed the kinks worked out! Everything else on
my two computers was running fine, including 4.0d, and I hadn't seen
anything posted regarding hardware requirements/recommendations for TMG 5.
I may not need a gig of memory, but the consensus seems to be a MINIMUM of
256-512, depending upon OS and other factors. It is interesting that most
new "off the shelf" computers are still coming through with 128-256 MB RAM
as standard with Windows XP, which even the most conservative answers rated
marginal.
So while the reports are being finished, I'll be getting my hardware ready!
I think it's important for TMG to state realistic recommended hardware
requirements in their presentations of what looks like a great program. (And
it's probably equally important for us to evaluate our own systems before we
complain about the program!)
Thanks as always,
Mary Lou Bailey

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Lou Bailey" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 5:07 PM
Subject: [TMG] Memory Recommended for TMG 5


> I'd like to ask some of the folks who are satisfied with the performance
of TMG 5 how much memory they have installed. I know how much is NOT enough,
and plan to replace/upgrade my 4 year old Gateway desktop which only has
64K. My laptop is only 2 years old, with 128 K, but is also too slow to run
the program efficiently.
> I have only the bare necessities in my start-up group, defrag at least
weekly, and keep my temp files cleaned out. Right now it takes 10 minutes to
run a filter in PE on the 64 K machine, and 1+ minute on the 128K machine
with a 5500 person database.
> Obviously I need more memory....how much are people finding works well for
them?
> Mary Lou Bailey


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