Don't get left behind

A lot of programs on the Amiga will not run on a basic Amiga 500+ with 1MB of RAM. There are even programs and games (and a lot due for release) which will not even work properly using 2MB of RAM. Amiga users that have been with the Amiga for a long time will have learned that the Amiga has moved forward a long way since the A500. If you're still using a 7.14MHz Amiga 500 with only 1MB of RAM then I'm afraid you're in at the deep end. Most companies and software distributors have abandoned Workbench 1.3 completely and not much new software will run on Workbench 1.3, commercial or shareware. If you want to keep up with the Amiga, you MUST move forward to at least the A1200 standard. Some authors are even forgetting about WorkBench 2.0 and this will be next on the gravestone. If you get left behind, you're not getting anything out of the Amiga.

As Huge Base will require more and more memory as it enhances and the file size increases, less and less Amiga's can cope with the demand. I strongly recommend to get a memory expansion if you only have 2MB. This is sufficient for 99 percent of programs. [Note. This was written early 1997. Since then software has increased in its complexity and size. Today 8Mb should be considered the minimum memory requirements to run software comfortably.]

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