Linux, what are our objectives?

[dsr-mzpnVDyJpH4k7aNtvndDlA at public.gmane.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:42:31AM -0500, Don Levey wrote:
> > Lots of RAM will (mostly) fix that. And RAM is relatively cheap;
> > if you can use DDR2-533, for example, 4GB can cost $40 or so.
> > 
> 
> If we were just talking about $40 I *might* be able to justify that
> (things are a bit tight right now).  But as far as I can tell this
> machine is running DDR-333, and the cost is about double.  The eventual
> goal is to just upgrade the machine itself, as soon as more money
> becomes available.

Still, $40 will get you 2 1GB sticks now, which could make you
happier for six months or whatever:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141198

(DDR400 can be used in DDR333 systems; it will fall back.)

-dsr-

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