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| 92655 | 2002-10-25 02:16:00 | BTW, The 98 system I mentioned was on SD-RAM, so when I added another 64MB RAM, the boost was noticable, but not that much. 2 second lost on boot, but multitasking is soooo much easier with more RAM! My two cents worth for the day... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 92656 | 2002-10-25 02:24:00 | "I've run 98 just dandily on only 16MB RAM on an old 486. It's not the speediest Demon in the world, but it goes fine." When I said it needs 128mb to run I meant efficiently, without much swapfile access. Once windows load it uses about 100mb - 120mb for itself. Any more gets used up by other software. The more you have the better the system runs. Over half a gig Win9x starts to have other problems. |
crozier (2004) | ||
| 92657 | 2002-10-25 02:31:00 | *Nods head in agreement* | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 92658 | 2002-10-25 02:55:00 | Upgrading to 128mb is probably out for us but can you remember where you saw that for $40. ( Is that US or NZ Dollars? )That would be if you did the job yourself I guess. We got our Computer from the PC company three years next Feb. and the brochure I have from then says an upgrade from 64Mb PC100MH SD Ram to 128Mb $249 plus GST. As long as things run ok and the PC doesnt blow up (its not too slow actually) and you reckon I'll get by, 64Mb will have to do. Katydid |
Katydid (2188) | ||
| 92659 | 2002-10-25 03:12:00 | It was NZ$40 at Dick Smith. You should be able to get 128mb for ~$50. (Pricespy (www.pricespy.co.nz) has it at $37). A local computer place would be able to do the upgrade for you for much less than what the PC Company want, its a 5 minute job. As others have said, the performace difference is huge. Even just running a browser because it gets rid of all the disk activity. |
bmason (508) | ||
| 92660 | 2002-10-25 03:23:00 | Katydid, that $249 is very much out of date now. I don't know where you can get any for $40 but if you were able to add 128mb RAM (not just increase it to 128mb) it will probably cost between $60 and $80 depending on what sort and where you got it from. You would notice quite a big improvement and it would be well worth it. That price is if you install it yourself, but it isn't a hard job and there are a few tutorials online if you are interested. I did it myself last year and found it a piece of cake. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 92661 | 2002-10-25 03:27:00 | In all seriousness, To install the extra 128MB RAM should be child's play. Line it up and gently push it in! To be on the safe side, taking it to a computer shop, along with your $40 worth of 128Megs of RAM, it might cost you another $10 at the most I'd assume. I can install new RAM in under 60 Seconds in most PC's without too many screws. That'd have to be the best thing in the long run you can do for your PC. Cheers Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 92662 | 2002-10-25 03:54:00 | Katydid, haveing your icons on the desktop of your quicklaunch toolbar will not use up any ram. Only once those programs are running will they require ram. If you decided to fit some extra ram yourself, which is really very easy, you would need to also buy an anti static strap for your wrist, these are quite cheap and also available at DSE. |
Danger (287) | ||
| 92663 | 2002-10-25 03:57:00 | Approx. $7 from DSE, Means you can easily install your own RAM without worrying about statically shocking the stuff. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 92664 | 2002-10-25 06:12:00 | Hi Everyone, Thanks for all the advice and help, most appreciated, will now go and think about it all and look into perhaps putting in the extra 128MB. Regards Katydid :D |
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