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Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 10:00:51 +0200
From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
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On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:44:13AM +0200, Brad Knowles wrote:
> At 8:15 AM -0600 2004/05/02, Robin Schoonover wrote:
> 
> > Or suggest a value based on the amount of memory.  Something like a base
> > value (256 MB or 512 MB?) + the amount of memory.
> 
> 	Right idea, but wrong calculation (IMO).  Try memory * 1.25, with 
> a maximum suggested amount of memory + 1GB.

Try that calculation for a machine with 32MB RAM. You probably need a
minimum suggested amount of memory as well for that.

A base value + memory size sounds better.


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