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On Wed, 21 Aug 1996, epbrown wrote: > I'm running mine with 24MB and can't really imagine someone needing more > without working with programming or graphics. With 24 MB: Linux + X + emacs = swapping. Linux + X + Netscape = swapping. Win95 + Word Processor + Netscape = swapping. Especially with Win95, remember, the fully 32-bit apps eat more memory because the standard word size is 4 bytes instead of 2 bytes. Bloat is everywhere. I'd say an extra $150 to get 40MB instead of 24MB is a good investment. If you find you don't need it, you can always set up a ramdisk and extend your battery life. > Also, as you've seen, the 16MB > chips are very inexpensive now (says a guy who paid $279 a TWO MONTHS ago and > thought it a great deal, grrr!). Hey, I paid >$400 just four months ago. I wanted to wait but needed the memory to meet a deadline. *sigh* -- John H. Kim "I stop for red traffic lights" -- bumper sticker jokim@mit.edu commissioned by the City of Boston as part of a MIT Sea Grant campaign to shed its reputation for bad drivers.