Yeah, that's not bad compared to what it used to be, but you can get 4GB of DDR3 for half that price. WinXP runs fine on 2GB unless you are doing video editing or working with large databases or something that needs a lot of RAM. -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of recklessmaverick@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 10:28 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: New (to me) computer It's been a long time since I priced RAM but $76 for 4 each 1GB sticks at crucial.com doesn't sound so bad to me. Of course, that might be more than was paid for the computer but......... -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EddieB Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 11:25 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: New (to me) computer There are Ramdisk's that could use more, but I think there are a lot of compatibility issues with such software, so they never really got too popular. That PC can only take a maximum of 4GB anyway (if you use 1GB sticks in each of the 4 slots). That older DDR2 memory is fairly expensive compared to newer memory types. --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------