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>>>>> "evrwrite" == Ed Redondo <evrwrite@powergrid.electriciti.com> writes:

    evrwrite> In article <19941104224623ECZ5RAR@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU>
    evrwrite> ECZ5RAR@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Anthony Ragan) writes:
    >> From: ECZ5RAR@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Anthony Ragan) Subject: Upgrade
    >> Suggestions?  Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1994 22:46

    >> Hi all,

    >> I'm in the mood to upgrade my PC, but I'm not sure what to do.
    >> My systems specifics are: Zeos 486dx-33, vesa local bus, 8mb of
    >> ram, Diamond Speedstar Pro video card with 1mb of ram.  I use
    >> Windows for work and exit to DOS for games and graphics.

    >> I had considered replacing the CPU with a dx2-66, but after
    >> reading articles in PC MAG and PC World, I don't think I'd get
    >> that much of a performance boost for the money.  So, would I
    >> get noticeably better system performance by adding a 256k ram
    >> cache?  Or from a video card with 2mb of ram?  (Model
    >> recommendations?) Any other good ideas?

    evrwrite> Wait!  Think Windows 95.  Wait until late 95 and
    evrwrite> purchace a 90MHz Pentium machine, 16MB RAM or better,
    evrwrite> 1GB HD, and Plug&Play accessory cards.  Have you noted
    evrwrite> how the pricing of hard drives, monitors, etc., have
    evrwrite> been comming down lately.  Although the price of Pentium
    evrwrite> mainboards will not drop much further by late 95 the
    evrwrite> price of Pentium sysems *with* Windows 95 installed
    evrwrite> shoud be within reach of high-use users.  Just start
    evrwrite> saving your money now.  That's what I'm doing.  I'm not
    evrwrite> upgrading anything untill late 95, software or hardware.

Gawd...another Microsoft Zombie...."Let's just wait another year to 
get an operating system that has not even been proven...and will be
a huge hardware hog!"  

Give OS/2 3.0 a try!  You will be quite pleased!
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