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[Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Larry Stotler wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Per Jessen<per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > You could probably do with a bit more RAM - PC100 DIMMs are not
> > really that expensive anymore.
>
> Actually, the SODimms are.  $25 for a PC100 256MB.  However, that is a
> moot point since that machine, a Thinkpad X21, has a Max RAM of 384MB.
>  The next model up, the X22, can go to 640MB.  Just my luck.

Ah, sorry about that.  Yes, SODimms are still pricey in comparison.

> > Or buy a new desktop machine - I bought two 2nd hand Dell Optiplex'es
> > just the other day for use as office machines.  2.4GHz Celerons with
> > 512M RAM. I added another 512M to both, and each machine was still
> > only CHF60.
>
> I have an E1200 overclocked to 3.2Ghz with 2GB RAM overclocked to
> 1Ghz.  Honestly, it gets annoying to be told I need to buy new. 

Apologies, I didn't quite mean it like that - I was trying to make a
friendly suggestion that you are perhaps expecting too much from a
P3/700 with 384M RAM as a desktop.  
I am all for maintaining support for older hardware, but at some point
the older hardware will/must be left behind.  Especially for a desktop
machine/distro, where it's difficult to utilize the new multi-cores
with a couple of gigabyte and make it run on e.g. a P3 with 384Mb at
the same time. 

/Per

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Per Jessen, Zürich (22.1°C)

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