Dean Roddey le escribe a Jonathan de Boyne Pollar:

512 MB on motherboards is not unrealistic. Ads are commonplace for massive
memory capacity. I have a Zeos catalog right here. Low end machine takes
128 MB. High end takes 192 MB. (And no, I did not hunt for the most absurd
figure. I just grabbed the topmost catalog. :) Consider adding XMS cards on
top of that, too. This one has 3 PCI slots, after all. :)

DR> database manager will use to 'fault in' the actual data. So,
DR> although the application might never use more than 64Meg of
DR> physical memory, it is important to have the larger virtual
DR> memory space.

Very good example.

However, I'm not too keen on programs that do that, personally. If they
_know_ they're going to use disk space, they should just use it, straight
out. They shouldn't deprive other processes which don't waste memory. I
want real-time MineSweeper. :)

DR>  X KWQ/2 1.2b X "640K ought to be enough for anybody." -
DR> Bill Gates, 1981 

We're (unfortunately) going to be scoffing at 512 _MB_ 10 years from now. Sigh.

loSmaH cha'

--- timEd-B9