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carvalho@worldaccess.nl (Washington Carvalho) wrote:

> Hello! Maybe you can help me... I have lots of questions...

I don't know whether I can answer _all_ your questions ... ;-)

> I have a 486dx2 80, with 8Mb. I use Dos 6.2 and win 3.11 (and just
> installed win32). I tryed win95, for ONE day, and gave up. It was much
> slower than my old configuration. I think I need some more ram. Is
> that so? Is 12Mb enough, or should I go straight to 16Mb? 

I'd go directly to 16 MB. You actually may have no other option, because
there usually are only eight memory slots -- and you also need to a add
memory in groups of four ... The options are usually:
4 MB = 4 x 1MB units
8 MB = 2 x 4 x 1 MB units  -- system full == what you probably have
16 MB = 4 x 4MB units  -- all new 
20 MB = 4 x 4MB units (new) + 4 x 1MB units (old)

I can't really answer on the rest of the hardware as I don't have any
experience with those specific things. 

> So, what do you think is ok, and what needs to be replaced or
> upgraded? I am too paranoid about my system? I use lots of big wav
> files ( I'm actually a musician!), photographs, some multimedia
> applications, some games and of course our "old" netscape, now heavier
> on my system than ever. It's mostly for fun, serious stuff only on
> Word Perfect!

Hm. If you are using the windows version of WP6 you definitely should get
more memory. Otherwise it depends on your financial situation.
If money is tight, I think you should save it just now, then buy a
completely new (pentium) system next year or so. Prices are dropping like
bricks, and 'standard' performance is going up like a rocket!


> Your truly
> Washington (I know it's a strange 1st name!)

Not a strange first name at all!


Greetings from Delft, The Netherlands.

Auke Reitsma