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To: Dave Hanson who wrote (3108)	10/20/1998 7:25:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 14778

128 to 256 RAM: How much benefit in NT 4? Experiences? I'm thinking about picking up another RAM stick, and will do so if I can expect I decent performance boost. I've never used NT north of 128 megs, but am finding lately that my "commit charge total" is often hitting 100 and greater, thanks to memory hog apps. The question I have is, can I expect a reasonable performance increase by setting aside 100 meg or more beyond the commit charge total? Is NT's justly famed disk cachability effective that far up? TIA guys (are their any gals among our loyal contributors, BTW?)

To: Dave Hanson who wrote (3108)	10/20/1998 7:31:00 PM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Browser report: NS 4.5 crashes, Opera speedy, IE 4 seems most stable. That's it in a nutshell. I tried NS 4.5 after seeing reviews at PCWorld and PCMag indicating greater speed and stability. In short order, it froze on me, in the midst of several messages, all of which were lost. So much for that. :) After 2 weeks of use, I find Opera 3.5 (now beta 10) very fast compared to the big 2, but hit or miss on stability. I also wish the bookmarking was less clunky (major PITA to manipulate them.) IE 4.01, per Sean's thinking, now seems the most stable of the lot for the cites I frequent. Sure is slow, though. What I would love is something with the speed of opera and the stabilty of IE4 or better. As always, feedback welcome.