Re: [Staffslug] Slower hardware performance [and off-topic yearing for the good old days] [was Re: Zip Drive]

On 03/01/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > That is all true, you can get one of those old machines that have 6 ram > slots and then buy some slightly newer, faster and bigger ram and the > machine is perfect for linux...the CPU may only be a p3 866 but it will run > everything the normal web browser and E-Mailer will want to use...those old > machines had lots of ram slots because the ram was only available in small > quantities..like 64mb a stick...but i have some 512 sticks that will fit in > those slots and work fine...so its not always the CPU that it needs...its > the ram that it guzzles... > Ah, you do have to make sure the RAM is compatible with the mobo though :-) You can't just stick in any old RAM of course. In fact, older RAM is far more expensive - not to mention slower performance wise - than new, modern RAM. Crazy situation but true. Sometimes it's actually as cheap to scrap an old mobo and buy a new one together with a new CPU and much cheaper RAM. I've been there, sadly :-( -- ============================================== Don't take it to the tip recycle it via the Freecycle(r) Network. For a group near to you look here: Worldwide http://www.freecycle.org/ United Kingdom http://uk.freecycle.org/ ============================================ Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Staffordshire _______________________________________________ Staffslug mailing list Staffslug(a)staffslug.org.uk http://www.staffslug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/staffslug