Oh what a difference 2GB makes...

[delfin]

nice..

You may know about this..
All the sites (sony, new egg, tiger direct, pny) that sell ram say my comp (sony vaio vgc-rb34g, XP SP2, 3.20ghz pentium 4 w/HT) can have up to 2gb, but Intels site says my mother bored/processor can handle 4. Who's info should I go with?

This has almost nothing to do with your computer, though it REALLY matters what RAM you buy due to the voltage. If the motherboard can't handle the voltage your ram is toast. And on the same note, the amount of RAM you can run is completely related to the operating system you're running. Windows XP can run 2 GB's, 3 ONLY if you're experienced with changing BIOS settings. Windows Vista can run 3-4 GBs with almost no problems. And 64-Bit versions of both operating systems support up to 8 GBs.

Hope this helps.

[TwoJ's]

Flash memory based hard drives, you know the ones w/o any moving parts.... google is your friend.

set one up as quick boot drive, if you remember the days of dos and ramdrive and it's benefits then you'll understand.

Still dont get it? Flash drive makes sense, but a flash hard disk drive...?

I know perfectly well what a flash drive is. I replaced a HDD with a flash drive in my iPod mini like two years ago.

[Firestorm]

Still dont get it? Flash drive makes sense, but a flash hard disk drive...?

I know perfectly well what a flash drive is. I replaced a HDD with a flash drive in my iPod mini like two years ago.

He's talking about solid state hard drives.

Mega fast, mega expensive ;p

[YAN-3]

guys i know building a PC yourself is much cheaper, but if i wanted to where else other than Dell or Alienware can i go to buy a photo/video machine?

[Firestorm]

guys i know building a PC yourself is much cheaper, but if i wanted to where else other than Dell or Alienware can i go to buy a photo/video machine?

http://www.boxxtech.com/ do pretty highend workstations aswell.

Anything with a quad core cpu, 4gb+ ram, nice soundcard, beefy graphics and a nice lcd will be suitable for that though.

[RudeBoy37]

Holy shit. Isn't the minimum requirement for Vista 1GB? Damn man, you need to just go back to XP, that will make your life a lot less stressful!

I would love to take Vista off this thing and put XP on. But it came with Vista and I don't feel like looking for drivers. I just need to stop being lazy and order 2GB.

[Jean]

guys i know building a PC yourself is much cheaper, but if i wanted to where else other than Dell or Alienware can i go to buy a photo/video machine?

Probably quite the opposite, off the shelf dell etc cheaper than a quality diy pc woth good components :p

[Jand3rson]

Probably quite the opposite, off the shelf dell etc cheaper than a quality diy pc woth good components :p

Yep, I've built my own PC's for the last 6-7 years, and this time, I switched and went not only to a prebuilt, but also to a Dell. It's kind of nice knowing that if anything goes wrong, it wasn't something I did, and it's got a warranty.

[SamE30e]

He's talking about solid state hard drives.

Mega fast, mega expensive ;p

QFT Those things are redonkulous!

I used to have an iRam setup which was basically a pci card with ram slots on it with a IDE cable. It was basically ram turned into a hard drive. I had 2gb's of ram in it and installed windows on it, that shit was retarded fast.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-RAM

[YAN-3]

ok i dont have any intension of hijacking this thread but can someone who knows their stuff help me out.

I had a "friend" build me a pc. he bought everything put it together and it worked. he over clocked it and it was all cool.

I then got a virus, he reformatted everything and it was fine. until i had to shut down. now the tower gets power and i get nothing on the screen. its been like a week.

can the motherboard go bad that quick and is it possible? thats what he said and something about the BIOS not being stable... im tempted to just tell him to take the PC, and go out and buy a pre-built one for a bit more.

your thoughts guys.

[Massive Lee]

I am also thinking upgrading my 1Gb MacBook to 4Gb. Currently, at 1Gb, it feels like the OS is taking all the place.

[mitch500]

pc FTL, its all about apple. i just picked up a macbook pro damn that thing is fast.

[M42Technik]

pc FTL, its all about apple. i just picked up a macbook pro damn that thing is fast.

And thus begins another flame fest thread of PC vs. Mac.

I need to get 64bit and 8GB! :-P

[mitch500]

no flame fest just a personal preference. i also have a pc but i just like the macbook way better.

[32.5i]

Mr Anderson, save your sigs as PNG's so you can preserve that transparency !

oh and 4 gigzz is wicked