On 2007-12-14, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ____/ AZ Nomad on Friday 14 December 2007 04:18 : \____
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>> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:06:27 -0600, Tom Shelton
>> <tom_shelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>On 2007-12-13, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> ____/ 7 on Thursday 13 December 2007 16:45 : \____
>>>>
>>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> ____/ Linonut on Thursday 13 December 2007 14:06 : \____
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On the whole, though, I'm quite happy with this system and this amount
>>>>>>> of RAM.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pass some over. I'm still on 256 MB over here, with KDE 4 alpha at times.
>>>>>> Can this thing run Vista, let alone have it installed?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Its becoming dirt cheap - about 60 pounds for 4Gb.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, but who needs so much memory? Maybe I should say: /what/ needs so much
>>>> memory?
>>>>
>>
>>>Video production, photo editing are the two big ones that come to mind.
>
> Very few people do the former. As for the latter, only if you edit gigantic
> images or do CG stuff (ray tracing and such) will this be necessary.
>
I know lots of people who do the former, actually. I even play with it
on occasion.
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Tom Shelton
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