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On Saturday 05 May 2007 10:15:41 Duncan wrote: |
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> Actually, here, I have 8 gigs. That's a bit overkill. I'd probably |
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> stick with four if I were doing it over, as over four gigs remains |
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> entirely empty, most of the time, not even used for cache. |
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Glad to see I got it right, 3.5 years ago :-) |
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Here also, my 4 GB is at least half-empty unless I'm compiling a large |
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package like OO.o. My two single-core Opteron 246 CPUs have plenty of |
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playing space. |
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> Still, I have dual Opterons now, and was buying with dual-cores in mind. |
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My experience suggests that you would still have been pretty comfortable |
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with 4 GB. |
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> 8 gig of memory should still be plenty with dual dual-cores, even out |
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> three more years, ... |
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Well, of course much can happen in that time, so you may be proved right |
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after all. |
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> which is when I expect to start getting serious about upgrading my entire |
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> platform once again. |
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Don't talk about it, all right? Just don't talk about it. |
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Rgds |
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Peter Humphrey |
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Linux Counter 5290, Aug 93 |
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