So I don't think I've talked about it here, but I'm getting my graduation present from my parents. Year and a half late, but that's all Apple's fault what with reorganizing their product line and then having to wait for all the bugs to shake themselves out. Anyway, my extra RAM came early.*
Craptiva, purchased 1996: 16MB (HAW!), but 80MB by the time we were done with it.
Rascal, purchased 2001: 128MB for four years, then upgraded to 256 right before I sold it.
Beastie, purchased... what, 2002? Family computer, still in service: 256MB, upgraded last year to 384.
Majestic Seagull, purchased (used) 2004: 48MB. And I used it for a whole semester. In 2004.
Variegated Albatross, purchased (used) fall of 2005: 384MB. Still in service.
384*2 + 256 + 80 + 48 = 1152MB.
That's more memory on the table than was contained in every computer I've ever owned or partially-owned
combined. Balls, it's 256 short of
double.Overkill? Youuuu betcha. This will probably be my primary machine for the next 5-7 years, so I want it to be the most future-proof computer I've ever owned. But at the beginning, right here and right now? For once, my computer is going to be not just
respectably powerful, but
egregious. Can't wait.
Incidentally, is anyone here in the market for 512MB (two 256MB SO-DIMMs) of DDR2-667 SDRAM (unbuffered, unregistered, 8-byte, nonparity, and non-ECC)? _____
* If you go to newegg.com and order 2GB of the expensive stuff with the spotless reputation, you can save 200 freakin' dollars over what Apple charges to put it in. And granted, it's not my money, but it's
200 dollars of not-my-money.
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