On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 05:51:02 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 02:45:08 -0400 (EDT), ANDY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> *This is an excellent question! I am wondering myself, why I am purchasing >> more memory?! my 'friend' suggested I invest in more memory and I guess I >> took it to heart... (: honestly all I really *do* use is DOS and Word >> 6.0(to write one page letters!!!)... once in a great while I try to run >> netscape 4.08 or Arachne... but this only occasional use doesn't seem to >> justify $100.00 of more RAM... Thanks for asking this! I'll try to >> re-think my 'friend's' idea for me to buy more memory > In my opinion the economics of upgrading old 386's and 486's are > dubious if you have to buy parts or don't know exactly what you > are doing. > The whole process of just trying to figure out what you need > can be frustrating and time consuming, as you have discovered. > A better choice might be to look around for a ready to use > used system. A hundred dollars should get you at least a slow > Pentium with a decent amount of RAM already installed. > Ask around and you'll be sure to find someone with a whole warehouse > full of five or six year old computers that they will be happy to > unload for under two hundred dollars. I did find that warehouse... US$ 125.= for a pentium 100MHz inclusive one half yaer warranty. Another $20.= to fit extra memmory. CU Bastiaan > Sam Ewalt > Croswell, Michigan, USA > -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/ -- Arachne V1.61, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
