Re: [Thinkpad] TP41p: how much RAM to add?

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 19:24:39 +0000, STeve Andre' wrote:

>If you have 512M now and get another 512M that 1G should last
>"most people and uses". If you are compiling things like an
>OS, 1G is reasonable but more might be better for file caching,
>etc.
>
>If money is of no concern get the 1G part now and be done with
>it. But if money doesn't grow on trees, figure out is that
>extra 512M is enough to get you by for now. Given the general
>state of memory, the price will fall later, such that the $412
>price will be less later. If you don't need that memory now,
>then you effectively wasted some money.
>
>I'll place a high probability that 1G will be enough for you
>for the current time, unless you are doing unusual things.
>I have one person with more than 1G of memory; no one else
>needs it. But, you might be different.

Probably not, thanks for the detailed advice. I don't tend to do
things tat are hugely memory intensive although sometimes working
with large XML instances loaded into memory it might help. Or
maybe not.

I agree in general about the memory prices, but with only one free
slot (I believe), if I go with 512M now and want 1G later, the
price has to drop by $129 (today's price of the 512) to break even,
ignoring whatever residual value the 512 will have. Of course
that's quite possible. Or I might replace the notebook by the time
I need >1GB.

Will have to ponder a bit. Thanks again for the advice based on
your users.

andrew [awebber@wwwebbers.com]
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Received on Fri Dec 24 21:12:02 2004