on Tue, 28
Jan 2003 23:27:35 PST8
> Thanks.Steve
> Your argument is absolutely correct but the biggest modules
> are the newest and expensivest mostly !?
I'm with Steve on this one. First, project the argument back some to a point
that seems quaint by the 256MB/512MB question posed here. Would you rather have
(1) 16 MB stick, or (2) 8 MB sticks. If you have a motherboard with two open
slots, and you want to put together an OS/2 machine, if you can find another 16
MB stick, you can have a passable system. With the (2) 8's, the best you can
get is 24 MB. To me, this is borderline to the point that the extra 8 MB makes
all the difference. The argument holds - just project into the future a little.
Some day, 512 MB won't be so much and you won't have much options.
Yes, the larger memory costs more, but only at the very top end of the memory
scales (for desktop memory) is such that (1) that is double the size is more
than (2) the original size - usually it is less than double the cost.
> What you suggested I had done with my notebook 8 years ago:
> My Toshiba T4900CT had only 8MB RAM ...
> ... upgrading modules were available either 16 or 32MB but
> one slot only: I took the 32MB module for a hell of over 1000 US$ !
Again, this was probably at the top end of the scale at the time you bought it.
Things work a little different for laptop memory when one slot is all you have.
In this case, memory density=laptop longevity and one slot limits your options.
I bet you would have bought a new machine by now if you only got the 16 MB unit.
> This notebook is still with me and working ...
> ... but getting old, slow and weak ;-)
See what I mean.
> Thanks for your assistance.
> Cheers, svobi
-Rocky
> scarter@vcnet.com on 29.01.2003 06.14.02
> Please respond to scoug-help@scoug.com
> To: scoug-help@scoug.com
> cc:
> Subject: SCOUG-Help: Which choice of RAM modules ?
>
> Svobi:
> I chose 1 of the largest size that would fit
> rather than two smaller ones, planning on future
> expansion with a small, limited number of memory
> slots available.
>
> I did not want to buy the memory and then have to
> replace it with a larger size because I had run
> out of empty slots.
>
> Your argument makes sense too, but I'll take my
> chances with bad memory sticks.
> Steve
>
> ++++++++++++++
>
> On 10:42 PM 1/27/03 +0000, Info [at] SYNass.NET wrote, in part:
> >
> >I am going to build one or two more systems ...
> >... one as my new experimental system and the other as replacement
> >of my wife's one.
> >
> >One of my important focus regarding our systems is to use exactly
> >same components in all the systems. My question:
> >
> >What is the better choice: 1 x 512MB RAM or 2 x 256MB RAM ??
> >
> >Thanks in advance for your advise and suggestions.
> >svobi
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