Re: more RAM = more speed?
-> I have Debian 2.1 running on a P-133 with 32MB of RAM and a 6.4GB Western
-> Digital IDE, but it is awful slow when I have a lot of stuff running,
-> including a few Netscape Communicator web browsers. Specifically, it
-> likes to keep me waiting while it stops and runs the hard disk in the
-> middle of a program, or sometimes when I switch to a virtual console that
-> has been idle for a while.
-> total used free shared buffers cached
-> Swap: 128484 32196 96288
^^^^^
This says you should have _at least_ 32 mb more. As long as you are going to
play with staroffice, buy even more, you should have 96 or 128 megs then
-> 1. Am I barking up the wrong tree with the idea of a RAM upgrade?
-> 2. Is it a bad idea to buy RAM for a P-133 since it only takes 72-pin?
-> Instead, should I upgrade to a motherboard that can handle a newer
-> type of RAM?
not needed.
-> 4. Is there something else I should upgrade?
you can upgrade anything, disk, CPU, mainboard i'd prefer upgrading this
way:
1. memory
2. CPU
3. adding another HDD for much user filesystems - swap, tmp, var
preferrably on another controller. The new drive can be just around
1.6GB, the speed is important imo
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