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From: jsmcgi01
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:23

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I posted above about the possible systems that I am going to purchase and I
left out a few important questions.
Addendum:
1.)  Is having 8 megs of RAM that important??  I plan on running windows
software and some DOS stuff.  All the machines I have looked at come with 4
megs.
2.)  Is a 170 meg HD large enough for a machine today?  Originally the machines
I was looking at came with 130 Meg HDs, but I heard that the average windows
prog is 8 meg so I upgraded a bit.
3.)  I am considering all local bus systems, but have a choice between an
ET-4000 card and a Genoa card.  The ET-4000 gets around 4 WinMarks, whereas the
Genoa gets 29 WinMarks.  That seems like a dramatic difference to me, but I am
unfamiliar with the WinMark test and don't know what that would translate to in
actual "speed" benefit.  Can anyone help here?

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