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Comparing Today's Computers To 1995's

Posted by samzenpus on from the pentium-80-how-I-miss-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A look back at two articles from 1995, touting high end computers and 'must haves.' How times have changed... ...'Memory (RAM): We seem to have convinced most manufacturers to adopt eight megabytes as standard, compared with four megabytes in 1994. Don't buy less than eight. The difference in performance between an eight megabyte machine and a four-megabyte machine can be dramatic.'"

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  1. Re:1995 computers were better for flight sims by MacGyver2210 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Xwing vs TieFighter style combat in an MMO context where you can upgrade your ship.

    Welcome to EVE Online.

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