I have to go with Rick on this one. I sell REFURBISHED computers-DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! I take an average PC with a motherboard that only supports 100, 133, or 166MHz processors MAX and then put Pentium MMX OVERDRIVE processors in them. I alos put 24MB of ram in them. The processors I use are usually 166MHz. Sometimes 200MHz. People are EXTREMELY HAPPY with them. Heres the REAL DEAL-the average user is not interested in playing anything more than solitare on their computer. They only want to go on the internet. A PC will run Windows 95 fine on 8MB of ram. But 16MB is better when they use the net because IE4 needs the space to prevent a significant amount of the page being cached to the hard drive. 24MB seems to be just perfect because it allows them to open more than one page. Even though most newer programs claim that they require 32MB, they run fine on 24MB, the programer was just playing it safe on the recommendations. Now, with 166MHz, the web just flies by. And when I get really greedy, I put 200MHz MMX Overdrives in them and charge an extra $30 over the 166 MMX overdrives. So if your using a computer as the typically user does, opening one or two webpages, playing solitare or online checkers or whatnot, editing documents, etc., you don't need a fast computer! BTW I have been selling 16MB FPM Simms for $20 plus $5 shipping. A lot of the PC's I buy come with more than 24MB of ram-I cut those back to 24MB to make them all the same spec/same price!
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