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Jerry
'Fancying' the thought of 4gb RAM is a little different to the concept of
installing 4gb to save having to upgrade at a later date.. your choice of
the word 'fancy' was probably not the best, and did suggest a person
interested more in specification 'numbers' than practical use .. as you have
clarified your position, please read the rest of this contribution..
It is more prudent and cheaper maybe to work out what you intend to do with
the system, and then base installed memory on the requirement 'plus a bit'..
this makes much more sense than just going for 4gb.. it would also enable
your 'budget' to extend to getting more software, none of which would
probably require anything like 4gb..
You also have to bear in mind that progress in technology may well lead to
4gb of whatever memory you buy now being obsolete some time next year, and
that in the interim, you may not have found a use for that amount of
installed RAM.. even users who do a fair amount of video editing etc do not
rush out and buy 4gb.. 4gb (and more) is the amount of memory more common to
servers than stand alone machines (not including the likes of IBM RS6000
workstations that work with CAD)..
Did you like the sound of the Merlin engine?.. isn't that just the best?
--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user
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"JerryW" <JerryW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:36DC3FBE-F974-47C3-A9C8-F004263C0EE6@microsoft.com...
> "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Jerry
>
>> If you really have a strong desire to join the 'Ultimate Bragging Rights'
>> club, <snip>
>
>> Mike Hall
>> MVP - Windows Shell/user
>>
>
> Mike
>
> The only desire I have is to avoid upgrading the ram on this pc, which
> would
> be a first, as much because of Microsoft products as anything.
>
> I don't think you should jump to unwarranted conclusions on the evidence
> of
> a single word. Unprofessional.
>
> Jerry
>
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