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Subject:Re: Maximum File Size For Word Documents From:dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:29:59 -0800
Rick Bishop wrote:
>
> That is hard-won experience with an NT4 P733, 512 MB RAM,
> 64 MB Nvidia, SCSI 160, 3 18GB ibm Barracuda drives plus
> 1 Maxtor 60 GB ide for backups.
I can't see how the size of your backup drive makes much difference, and I'd have to ask "160 what?" to guess whether it might affect Word's performance.
But I didn't say you had a wimpy system; I just said the amount of RAM is a factor in your ability to keep Word rolling with a big file.
I based my statement on personal experience, too:
* With 128 MB RAM, big files opened slowly,
and Word frequently stopped responding.
* With 196 MB RAM, big files still opened slowly,
but Word "froze" less often.
* With 512 MB RAM, big files still open slowly <:(
but Word almost never freezes.
>
> I don't think system resources have much to do with it.
...especially not disk drives, and probably not video cards or processor speed, either.
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