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At 06:19 PM 8/7/97 -0400, Jane Loyless wrote: >At 02:16 PM 8/7/97 -0700, you wrote: > >> Just my opinion of course, but I wouldn't put NT on my 560 with 40 MB of >>RAM and a 2.1 GB HD, let alone on a 750 with 20 MB RAM (I used to own a >750C). >> >> Just WAY too much of a memory & general resource hog. Running it on >>anything less than a Pentium is sort of iffy, but more >>importantly--anything less than 32 to 48 MB of RAM? I don't think its a >>great idea. >> > >Now, I disagree with you about this. I ran NTWS v4.0 on a 755CE >486DX4/40MB/2.1GB working with Micro Focus and DB2/NT software as well as >Eudora, Netscape or IE, Notes, Office, and FreeAgent on a T/R network. Not >as fast as it is on the 760EL with 32MB I have now, but it was adequate. >On some occasions, I'd get too much going at one time and have to stop and >wait for it to catch up. But most of the time it just chugged along fine. The key point you just made for me was the fact that you had 40 MB of RAM--which is in the range that I said was okay. Also keep in mind that a 486DX4 is practically low-end Pentium class. What you describe is a barely workable setup for NT. Also, anytime I have to "stop and wait for it to catch up", the machine is being overtaxed. Someone who wants to run NT as a matter of choice simply *doesn't* want to wait for things like that! >On a 755CS with only 20MB, though, it's a slug, so I agree with you that >the 750 and 20MB will be really painful. The 750 is a 486SL-33 (which is basically a power-enhanced DX). Combined with only 20 MB, it couldn't *begin* to make anyone happy to run NT. ------- Randal J. Whittle whittle@usc.edu (213) 740-7775 Director, Electronic Commerce Program Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California