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14453	Well, you are right to certain point to software running on PC. But temp dir is	tony	-	1/4/2004
14452	IMO, there are very few situations these days where a RAM drive is useful. Toda	Jon Tara	-	1/3/2004
14451	forgive me I came in late. Is there a post that explains how this is done? I w	rrufff	-	1/3/2004
14450	You need to buy that piece separately. Since you have 1GB ram, use 250MB for te	tony	-	1/3/2004
14449	Great thread - just discovered it. I like your idea of using RAM as temporary d	rrufff	-	1/3/2004
14448	David, Jon, Tony, thank you all for the guidance. I have plenty of research to m	Nine_USA	-	1/3/2004
14447	You should always shoot for higher RAM. I will go for 2GB of RAM. This way you c	tony	-	1/3/2004
14446	What do you consider "large" amounts of textual data? (Edit - I see yo	Jon Tara	-	1/3/2004
14445	Thanks for your remarks, David. My 'old' system is a Dell Dimension 440	Nine_USA	-	1/3/2004
14444	Why would a processor that costs $230 (amd64 3000) be compared to one costing $1	David Loomis	-	1/3/2004
14443	Don't hate me for suggesting a brand new AMD 64 3000 processor instead of y	zx	-	1/3/2004
14442	I think you have a nice system spec'd out. The only question I had is the m	David Loomis	-	1/3/2004
14441	I am looking to buy a fairly basic PC for doing program development involving a	Nine_USA	-	1/3/2004
14440	I just bought a Buslink 52x CD-RW recorder. It came with Nero software. I'	Dominick	-	1/2/2004
14439	wily, I do not like the MS activation either, but I have no real alternative.	TH	-	1/2/2004
14438	From what I know, Microsoft has been using CDFS for CDs since Windows 95. Window	DiViT	-	1/2/2004
14437	Any comments on my proposed system? Prices look a little high to me too. I nee	David Loomis	-	1/1/2004
14436	TH, I've heard good things about WinXP myself, but I'm a slow migrator.	wily	-	1/1/2004
14435	There is plenty of advantage to using NTFS. NTFS is, to a great deal "self	Jon Tara	-	1/1/2004
14434	The type of file system installed on a volume determines the things you can and	Chas	-	1/1/2004
14433	Why go through all the hassle when there is little advantage to using NTFS. When	Chas	-	1/1/2004
14432	wily, Yes, that is probably the lesson here; don't expect too much from Win	TH	-	1/1/2004
14431	Thurston, That is some strange behavior. The lesson I'd draw from it is don	wily	-	1/1/2004
14430	wily, The problem is resolved, but it was painful. First, I made an error in t	TH	-	1/1/2004
14429	There is no such thing as "an NTFS system". There are only NTFS FILE	Jon Tara	-	12/31/2003

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