ya know, truth be told, i didn't really *see* much difference.
of course i have always asked the question "if your computer now opens a program 14
milliseconds faster, do you really know it?" also, i added ram just before upgrading
to 7.2. so that somewhat makes it hard for me to make before/after statements.
actually, in some ways my system seems slower.
example: when enlightenment is starting there is a noticeable pause.
before, there was no pause.
however -- someone on the list a while back mentioned that they had a similar
situation. resolution was that their video card / monitor parameters were not set up
right, so the video wasn't as fast as it could have been, thus the computer *looked*
slower than it actually was. i think i might be in that situation.
so, i can't honestly say my computer is way fast now --
and it's a 250MHz also, not the fasting thing around --
but, at $73 for 128M of ram, what the heck.
i duel boot windows & it doesn't behave any faster either.
my personal opinion, if you have the money, get at least 128M (i have 188M) but i
would say no more that 256M unless you are a power user.
when i did just have 60M my linux box ran just fine on that.
Adrian Smith
'de telepone dude
Telecom Dept.
x 7042
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Roger Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9:15:32 PM 12/13/00 >>>
How much of a difference did you notice? I have 64 meg RAM, and am
strongly considering adding 128 more...will it be worth the time and
money?
On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Adrian Smith wrote:
> this will shock everyone, but Tom seems to be right =)
> *amazed silence*
> actually, Tom is about 99% right.... but
> when i installed linux first i had 60M ram and made a swap of 500M
> (i have disk space to burn)
> the swap was used somewhat....
> i recently added 128M ram, and linux hasn't touched my swap space since then.
> i have not seen my swap used, at all, ever.... since adding the 128M
>
>
>
> Adrian Smith
> 'de telepone dude
> Telecom Dept.
> x 7042
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> >>> Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 8:29:46 AM 12/13/00 >>>
> On Wednesday 13 December 2000 05:56 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi Guys and Gals,
> >
> > I was wondering how to mount a new Swap partion.
> >
> > When I originally did my install of Mandrake I made the swap 128meg,
> > and it should be at least double that (my physical memory is 128meg).
>
> . I suspect you've bought into the mistaken and _very outdated_
> notion that swap should be 2 times ram. 128mb /swap should be more
> than enough with 128mb of ram.
>
> If you install another 128mb of ram, you prob'ly wouldn't even need
> a /swap. Ram is a far far better solution than swap, particularly with
> Linux. So if you have some uniquely high memory requirements, I'd
> strongly suggest you add more ram than try to add or enlarge your /swap.
> 'Specially at today's prices ;)
>
--
peace,
Rog
http://www.slammingrooves.com
Registered Linux user #190719
