Amen to Joel. Today, there's an ad from Best Buy to get 64Mb RAM sticks
for $10ea after rebate. That's $20 for 128Mb. You can also get 256Mb for
as little as $50 total after rebate. Duh. Why fight it?
Jack Payton

On Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:21:29 -0700 "Joel M. Blackman" <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> I think your CD-RW is faster than your CPU.  Also, 48 Mb is not much
> RAM for
> the task.  Most manufacturers recommend no less than 32 Mb, but for
> a
> 12X10X32, that would be inadequate, in my opinion.  64 Mb would be
> better.
> If you will be doing nothing else with the computer while you burn
> the CD,
> you might be able to get by, but it would be a struggle for your
> machine to
> support a 12X write speed.  You will probably wind up burning at
> 4-6X, and
> only then if you have no other apps running while you do it.
>
>
> I have a Gateway2000 p166mhz 48mb ram
>
> would it be possible to fitn a  cd-rw to this spec machine, or is it
> to
> slow. I was thinking about a this model LITEON
>
> 32r 12w 10rw
> BURNPROOF
> Includes Nero Writing Software

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