Re: Win NT or Win 95 -- Which is better for me? Help!

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From: Tim Green
Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 00:00

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In article <4m5dm5$oge@news.bellglobal.com>, dmackintosh@gis.shl.com (David Mackintosh) writes:
|> In article <31780620.16FE@iap.net.au>, ditperth@iap.net.au says...
|> 
|> >> //I have been told many times that NT will run "just fine" in 16MB.
|> >
|> >I have never found anyone who says:
|> >
|> >"I AM RUNNING NT IN 16MB AND IT IS JUST FINE."  Microsoft Australia uses 24MB.
|> >
|> >If anyone out there can make that statement I would be delighted to hear from you.
|> 
|> Present!
|> 
|> Ran NT/W 3.51 on a 486DX2-66 with 16Mb for 6 months, and it ran well.  No problems.
|> 
|> Now I have a server (P75 with 32Mb) and can't honestly notice much of a
|> difference until I have a dozen or so programs running.
|> 
|> 

I used to run with 20mb.  I switched to 32 and there was a gratifying
improvement.  A fellow employee runs with 16mb and his system 
crashes from time to time (even overnight).  Mine never crashed
with 20 or 32 mb.

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Tim Green                Senior Software Engineer
Picker International     Highland Hts, Ohio
green@xray.picker.com   
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From: green@image.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Tim Green)
Subject: Re: Win NT or Win 95 -- Which is better for me?  Help!
Date: 1996/05/13
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