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On 29 May 2005 09:59:45 -0700, wrote:
That reminds me. I am running XP Home on 512 meg of mem. Will an additional 512 give me the added performance to justify the $116 crucial price for a 512 stick of DDR PC2100? Thanks... NIK Where you getting the $116 for 512MB stick? Crucial is selling in US 512MB sticks of DDR2100 for between $53 and $68 go to http://www.crucial.com/ and check prices, $116 sounds extortionate Cheers |
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My Mistake. I have too many numbers down here on my pad and wrote the
wrong one down. The 512 stick I looked at at Crucial was $52.99. Again, do you think the extra performance, if any at all, going from 512 to 1024 will justify the $53 expenditure. Thanks.... NIK Justin Thompson wrote: On 29 May 2005 09:59:45 -0700, wrote: That reminds me. I am running XP Home on 512 meg of mem. Will an additional 512 give me the added performance to justify the $116 crucial price for a 512 stick of DDR PC2100? Thanks... NIK Where you getting the $116 for 512MB stick? Crucial is selling in US 512MB sticks of DDR2100 for between $53 and $68 go to http://www.crucial.com/ and check prices, $116 sounds extortionate Cheers |
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It probably does depending how much stuff you got running in the
background. I have NAV 2005, Zone Alarm Pro and some of Nero's auto detect utilities running in the background. And any of you NAV haters out there, I hear you and sympathize with you but I have never had any problems with it and like it so forget trying to convert me for now. Maybe later.... NIK Shooter wrote: On 29 May 2005 09:59:45 -0700, wrote: That reminds me. I am running XP Home on 512 meg of mem. Will an additional 512 give me the added performance to justify the $116 crucial price for a 512 stick of DDR PC2100? I went to 1024 from 512 and didn't really see all that much difference on my XPHome setup. I may be wrong but doesn't it really depend on how and what stuff you got going on your system such as stuff running in the background all the time? Regards, |
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Only if you are experiencing paging otherwise you're wasting your money.
wrote in message oups.com... My Mistake. I have too many numbers down here on my pad and wrote the wrong one down. The 512 stick I looked at at Crucial was $52.99. Again, do you think the extra performance, if any at all, going from 512 to 1024 will justify the $53 expenditure. Thanks.... NIK Justin Thompson wrote: On 29 May 2005 09:59:45 -0700, wrote: That reminds me. I am running XP Home on 512 meg of mem. Will an additional 512 give me the added performance to justify the $116 crucial price for a 512 stick of DDR PC2100? Thanks... NIK Where you getting the $116 for 512MB stick? Crucial is selling in US 512MB sticks of DDR2100 for between $53 and $68 go to http://www.crucial.com/ and check prices, $116 sounds extortionate Cheers |
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Time to play devil's advocate. Sometimes it helps to look at things from a
sheep's (consumer's) point of view too. $399 systems are disposable. Even if a system has a lifespan of just one year before any one major component does a nosedive, where's the incentive to repair or even upgrade when you can purchase a new system for $399? And while the components may not be cutting edge in performance (not to mention the quality aspect), these disposables more or less keep up with the trends in terms of requirements to run software, peripheral connectivity, etc. In this respect, computers have joined the electronic fray. 20 years ago, it might have been economical to repair a motherboard or component device. I knew plenty of people who re-aligned floppy drive heads (rather than replace a then costly floppy drive). Since that time, it's been more economical to replace parts on a component level rather than fix the component. As much as you or I might loathe these systems, they have mass market appeal. In economic terms, that's all that matters. It's completely conceivable within the next 10 years these disposable units will completely dominate the marketplace. Video, sound, and network functionallity are already commonly integrated into the motherboards and it will make little sense to replace motherboards, CPUs, and dare I say eventually even Hard drives on these systems, without seriously considering purchase of a new system. I'm sure there will always be a niche market for quality, customizable white box units. But simple economics will separate the purists from the sheep, and when all is said and done, even some who consider themselves purists will be tempted to join the flock. |
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On Mon, 30 May 2005 05:42:03 -0500, "pengulin"
wrote: Time to play devil's advocate. Sometimes it helps to look at things from a sheep's (consumer's) point of view too. $399 systems are disposable. Without quoting all that you said..... I must say that I agree with everything you said. There will always be a market for the cheap throw-a-way end of the spectrum. And that's sad in a way even though we see it in all product lines, some more than others. Look at it this way. It took time and resources to manufacture and assemble everything to make the product. That's the use of earth's resources and man's resources (time and labor, cheap as that may be). Then, at some time in the product's "SHORT" life, it is thrown into a land fill along with all the energy and resources that went into it, gone forever. They call that built in obsolescence. The whole world has become a throw-a-way species. Of all species, man is the only one that seems to do it. Now who is the smartest species on earth I might ask? Without getting into a political debate here, let me add that we have also gotten to a point where we even throw-a-way our unborn. I'm not a bible thumper for one or economist for the other by any such means but such waste must have some cosmic repercussions of some sort down the road. That's way I guess I still got and old IBM 8088 with 5 1/4 drives around here somewhere.... In closing though and a final thought.... You will find that these Taiwanese boxes, built for GW, Dell, Compaq, EMachine, etc. are highly proprietary and not conducive to upgrades by readily available parts on the market. On the other hand, my white box can be upgraded for some time to come or until they change stuff so drastically that it will not fit or is not compatible. By that, I still think that I get by cheaper in the long run keeping up with technology than those that have to throw away and buy new. In other words, John doe is forced to throw his $399 piece of Taiwanese junk away and buy a new $399 piece of Taiwanese junk in order to upgrade this, that or the other. Usually, all I have to do is replace the specific part needing to be upgraded. I still stand behind the saying that... going for quality may cost a bit more in the short run but be cheaper in the long run. But then, I'm also a pack rat.... Having nothing to do with computers but a way of mind set.... I still own and drive the 1968 Camaro I bought my first year in the military. Regards, |
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Sorry but I don't understand. Please explain "Paging".
Thanks, NIK *** My email is a spam trap... do not use *** snert wrote: Only if you are experiencing paging otherwise you're wasting your money. |
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