Suggested partioning for 3 drives and RAM suggestions

[Net Llama!]

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003, Collins wrote:
> On Sunday 28 December 2003 07:21, Joel Hammer wrote:
> > I have never had reason to regret more ram. The more the better, IMHO.
>
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 10:18:39AM -0500, Harry G wrote:
> > > Also, I can put in up to 1056 meg of ram.  Is it worth it, or would 528
> > > be fine?  (Not doing a lot of massive spreedsheet calcs or anything).
> >
>
> Yes, the more the merrier, but I have trouble visualizing a desktop linux
> system that ever needs more than the 528 (strange size, is this really 512?).
> My current machine only has 256 (less the 64 used by the onboard video card),
> and it performs like a dream even with a memory hog like kde.
>
> I would save your money for something else like a dvd writer or a firewire
> card or ??? rather than adding more ram.

Actually, from what i've read, burning DVDs needs gobs of RAM, or you end
up with some rather expensive coasters.

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