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On 04/29/98 17:47:58 you wrote:
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>Good point Pete! -- I ran TS 3.5 on a 386 and a 486 and it was a bit slow -
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>When I went to 4.0 I upgraded to a P-100, then to a P-233 clone-- both made
>a major difference in performance and speed.
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>For anyone who might be interested-- I bought a Cyrix P-233 MMX clone with
>32Mb Ram one day recently at Computer City for $699 as a joke-- Since they
>had a 30 day refund policy, I thought I would spend a couple of days
proving
>that it was a piece of junk, then return it. I threw every bit of
difficult
>software at it that I could find, but it took it all in stride with amazing
>performance.
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>I hadn't even thought of installing TS on it, since I know well the demands
>that it puts on a system. I eventually got the courage to try it anyway
and
>it not only ran TS without problems, but all my Internet and other software
>also. Nobody could be more surprised by this than I was.
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>Since then, I've upgraded to 96Mb Ram and a multi-monitor card-- all
without
>problems. Needless to say, I no longer plan to return the machine.
>
>Just food for thought if budget considerations are a concern to anyone.
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>At 11:19 PM 4/29/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 98-04-29 23:15:24 EDT, RonAug@xxxxxxxx writes:
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>>> It's none of my business, but I'm curious-- why would anyone be
reluctant
>>> to upgrade to ver. 4.0 or higher?
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>>As a reluctant upgradee, I'll answer that. I am still running a 486 DX2
66
>>machine with 8 Meg of RAM and Win3.11. TS3.5 runs fine. Everyone tells
me
>>4.0 will be much slower unless I upgrade the hardware, and they are
probably
>>right. I do in fact
>> have 4.0 sittting in the closet, awaiting the point at which I buy new
>>machines. But the bottom line question to turn the tables is, this setup
with
>>the machine and 3.5 is doing EVERYTHING I need it to. What do I gain by
>>upgrading???
>>
>> Pete
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I echo your sentiments Ron. I started with a 486-33,8mm ram, 200mm Hard
Drive and Windows 3.1,using TS 3.5. My PC used to crash all the time until I
upgraded the same machine to a newer motherboard ,an AMD 486-DX120 chip and
a 850mm drive using Windows95.It did not crash nearly as much but still ran
slow for my taste.I upgraded it again with a new board capable of running a
P200 chip,128mm ram and a 4gig drive. At the end of every week I "clean up"
the computer, using Norton Disk Doctor and Speed Disk ( I do not have
Windows open this program every time I start up the pc because it slows you
down too much).My pc almost never has any problems and generally never
crashes. I have gone on holiday for a month and left it running and it did
not miss a tick.That said, if you have the money buy the fastest chipset
,the largest hard drive and most memory you can afford. It will save you
money in the long run because this program beats the **** out of a pc.
Terrence
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