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schmidmeier@evax12.eng.fsu.edu writes:

>In my case (TurboStation, 8MB-RAM) I think an additional 8MB
>schould solve the Problem,  I hope !

>Or should I get an additional 16MB (2x8MB Simms) to add up to
>a total of 24MB ???    Is this worthwile doing ???    Will it
>considerably improve the Performance over the 16MB configuration?

With 12 MB, my cube ran 2.0 very well; windows moved smoothly, and the
only time I had performance problems was when I ran large applications
such as Mathematica.

After I upgraded to 3.0, I noticed the well-known problems with the
machine feeling noticeably slower.  It wasn't that *applications* ran
slower (their speed was about the same), but window and text
operations (moving/resizing/switching windows, scrolling text) was a
*lot* slower.  I figured that the WindowManager had probably grown
quite a bit in size with all the 3.0 additions, so I bought 16 MB
memory.

Sad to say, the extra memory didn't really make any difference in the
perceived speed of window and text operations.  The only noticeable
difference is that I can have Mathematica and a bunch of other apps
open simultaneously without a lot of swapping.

Your mileage may vary...

PS.  I'm still puzzled over *why* the window and text operations are
*so* much slower.  Does anyone know why?