Is 4MB Enough for Interactive?

[Wm E. Davidsen Jr]

In article <1991Feb5.005235.6720 at ico.isc.com> rcd at ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:

| Another perspective: note that $200 is about a 15% increment on the
| hardware price of a basic 386 UNIX machine.

  But if you pay for the software, it a lot smaller part of the system
price. UNIX costs more to run than MS-DOS or CP/M, but it's worth it.

  Also, if your time is worth anything, you will find the 4MB pays for
itself. 
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