On 16/12/17 12:49, Anton Aylward wrote:
Not the case for people on a budget.
Once the budget runs out, no more RAM. And before the budget runs out it is liable to go toward more 'disk'.
Less true nowadays, but for people on a budget, upgrading ram can easily require replacing the computer ... The computer I retired recently? Three slots, all full, 256MB per slot (max permitted). The computer I plan to retire very soon? Two slots, all full, 1.5GB (1GB per slot max). My current computer that I will be handing down soon? Four slots, all full, 4GB per slot (max permitted). (Although the main reason for upgrading my current system is I have no faith in its reliability. Plus I was planning to upgrade the drives and thought I might as well upgrade the rest at the same time :-) Many budget machines have only two slots, and if it's a DDR3 machine the max is likely to be (relatively) low ... Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org