[Tfug] Cheap Memory

[Bowie J. Poag]

Pardon me, bad math.

4MB = 1/256th the size. 2MB would be 1/512th.


Bowie J. Poag wrote:
> It happened today.
>
> I was reading some message board, where someone actually said "It only 
> has 1GB of RAM."
>
> Thats a sad, sad statement when you think about it. Just how horribly 
> bloated an simple desktop-centric operating system has to be to not 
> manage or utilize such a resource correctly.
>
> Not to get Paul started on the elegance of OS/2, but, I can recall not 
> too long ago seeing my mid 1990's Amiga absolutely fly on 4MB RAM.  
> Thats 1/512th the memory.. With no such thing as virtural memory, it 
> forced application writers to create healthy, relatively fat-free code. 
> Now, the only qualifying factor is "does it run?"
>
> Sad.
>
> Cheers,
> Bowie
>
>
> Bexley Hall wrote:
>   
>> Greetings!
>>
>> --- George Cohn <gwcohn at simplybits.net> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> I needed to speed up my Windoze XP box because I am
>>> learning Adobe Flash 
>>> and it runs kind of slow with only 1gb.
>>>     
>>>       
>> <grin>  Doesn't *everything* run slow on Windows?  :>
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> I checked around and Circuit 
>>> City had Kingston 512 DDR PC3200 memory at $29.99.
>>>
>>> I grabbed the last one they had on the shelf at the
>>> Broadway store but they may have more in stock.
>>>
>>> Just passing this along if anybody needs more memory
>>> for an older machine.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Hmmm... I think I have several 512MB DDR sticks at
>> home.  How do I determine speed?  (I assume it is
>> marketing-hyped bogus number loosely related to
>> access time -- 1/rate -- and data width)
>>
>> Sure would be nice if they would print these things
>> in plain English on the devices (or, at least with
>> something larger than 2 pt. type!!)
>>
>> --don
>>
>>
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