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    Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM? —Matthew Miller
   (...) Probably true for gamers, and certainly for someone who just wants to browse the web / do office stuff. People just shouldn't say that IDE performs as well as SCSI without some serious clarification. It reminds me of a computer expert friend (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM? —Dan Boger
     (...) well, isn't there a famous quote of Bill Gates that "no one will ever need more than 640K of RAM"? :) Dan (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM? —Matthew Miller
     (...) :) Yeah, but I don't think it's fair to blame that one on Bill. The 640 thing was designed into the hardware by IBM. (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
    
         Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM? —Mike Stanley
     (...) Don't worry - many more important things we can blame on Bill. :) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM? —Mike Stanley
     (...) Ok, I'll be a little clearer. For the vast majority of people, and that's including ME, and I own more computers that I use for more purposes than probably 99% of the computer owning population - everything from gaming to web serving to mp3 (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Desktops with SCSI RAM? —Matthew Wilkins
   Reminds me of the first off-the-shelf computer I ever bought; I got the 20Mb hard drive 'cause I couldn't conceive of ever needing 40Mb. *smirk* -Cheese (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 

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