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> -----Original Message-----
> From: k k
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 12:47 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: Multiple undo (was Re: Microsoft Documentation)
>
> ... Although both programs are serious memory hogs, I
> think it's not a simple question of amount of memory
> required, but of the processes used to manage the
> memory. I can't imagine it being nothing but amount of
> RAM because my system has 512 MB and I'm still seeing
> the same kinds of Word instabilities I did when I had
> 64 MB.
When I worked with huge Word docs on my previous machine (Word 2000 with 256
MB RAM under Win 2000), I had problems with Word instabilities. Since I
switched to my current machine (Word 2000 with 1 GB RAM under Win XP), I
have not seen those problems at all.
It was Sam Beard on TECHWR-L who recommended the 1 GB RAM minimum to me
(thanks, Sam!), and it looks like that was the magic number.
