MAMA's Techno-Geek Thread

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and his DSL line.

[snid]

Hey... how much are 1GB SIMMS (or DIMMS, or SO-DIMMS, or whatever the hell they are calling them now) for laptops running these days? My work laptop has 1GB, but is usually trying to use 1.5GB. I'm trying to judge how hard I'll have to fight to get a memory upgrade.

[bakerjc]

Quote: Originally Posted by snid

Hey... how much are 1GB SIMMS (or DIMMS, or SO-DIMMS, or whatever the hell they are calling them now) for laptops running these days? My work laptop has 1GB, but is usually trying to use 1.5GB. I'm trying to judge how hard I'll have to fight to get a memory upgrade.

What are you doing that it's going for the full 1.0? Building kernels?

More info needed. Mac or PC? Model # etc?

How many slots? What's the max it will hold?

http://www.ramseeker.com

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by bakerjc

What are you doing that it's going for the full 1.0? Building kernels?

I wish it were something that interesting. I'm developing J2EE web apps in an IDE - WebSphere Application Developer - which is based on the open source Eclipse. WSAD eats up about 0.75GB, then, when testing / debugging it spins up a web server / application server that is another 0.3GB or so. Add on email, a couple of browsers (for testing), and this stupid IM client we use that was written in Java and eats up 50MB... and you get around 1.5GB.

And Firefox lately has been a memory hog. It starts up nice and small, then, a few hours later, it's footprint is up to 90MB+

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More info needed. Mac or PC? Model # etc?

IBM Thinkpad T40... but, I really just wanted a ballpark, which I got from the link you posted.

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How many slots? What's the max it will hold?

Only 2, both currently with 512MB... the IBM website now says it will max out at 2GB. I swear 6 months ago it said the max was 1GB, which was why I complained about being moved from a desktop to a laptop - I knew I'd need more than 1GB of memory.

But hey, I'm running my manditory weekly virus scan now, so I'm pretty much out of commission for a few hours.

[GadgetGav]

I always get memory from www.datamem.com they usually have pretty good prices.

[snid]

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetGav

I always get memory from www.datamem.com they usually have pretty good prices.

The $'s for a memory upgrade aren't coming out of my pocket, that's for sure. I was just guaging if I was aking for a $250 upgrade, a $500 upgrade, or a $1000 upgrade. We've undoubtedly got our own suppliers, which are among the most expensive.

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Another good source is NewEgg.

[bakerjc]

Quote: Originally Posted by snid

But hey, I'm running my manditory weekly virus scan now, so I'm pretty much out of commission for a few hours.

let's get back on the "VIVA la Mac" boat with this one.......

UNIX: Memory allocation on the fly, given to where it's neeeded.

Macintosh: No virus activity at this time. How many people are in your company? Times how many hours or partial hours per week for left alone scanning? I won't ask how much this is costing them in non-productivity, I'll ask what it comes to for us end users of the product you ship.

Though the machine can now take 2GB, see if the OS can actually work with it.

[GadgetGav]

Quote: Originally Posted by bakerjc

How many people are in your company? Times how many hours or partial hours per week for left alone scanning? I won't ask how much this is costing them in non-productivity, I'll ask what it comes to for us end users of the product you ship.

Kind of like where I work where they won't spend the money to filter spam and viruses at the server end of our LookOut (sorry Outlook) server, so I go in every morning to ~100 spam messages most of which have highly work-inappropiate titles... Plus they regularly have to push upgrades to our machines and have install virus scanners that run automagically. There's even something that comes up in my task bar that just says 'Login' and basically hangs the machine, using 98% of the CPU. It never completes and never seems to do anything however long I leave it, so I end up killing it until it comes back the following week... And that's the security FIX, not a virus..!
I wish I could use a Mac at work, but there's no good 3D engineering solid modeller for the Mac, they're all free form modellers for graphic design. If anyone knows different, please let me know... Failing that, I wonder how SolidWorks would run on VirtualPC 7 on a dual 2.5GHz G5....??? Hmmmmm

[jwardell]

Yes it's great to be able to use a mac at work after many jobs of forced PC torture.

Are you just in need of 3D CAD?
http://www.tenlinks.com/CAD/PRODUCTS/MAC/cad.htm

[GadgetGav]

Ooooh, Ashlar Vellum now have a full 3D parametric solid modeller... I didn't know that. The last time I used Vellum it was just a 2D drafting system. Cobalt seems to be the only thing on that list though that would do what I need... Maybe there's hope yet..!

[bakerjc]

Found this in the Apple/Science threads.........

QUOTE: As for the distance between Apple engineers and the lower primates, I have a recent anecdote (unfortunately not independently verified) from an occasional computer journalist of my acquaintance, to the effect that some Dell engineers took apart a G-5 and were incredulous, saying things like, "We couldn't build this for six grand."

[jwardell]

first time I've had my hands one one with a screwdriver, so of course I popped it open.
First shocker: those screws on the bottom aren't screws you remove..they actually actuate latches on the sides, and are captive so you can't lose them.

Everything is right there in front of you and easy phillips screws. All parts in the new iMac G5 are user-serviceable so if something needs to be replaced, apple will just ship that part to the user with easy instructions to swap it out..no need to bring to a service center. Of course bad news for people like me. Thankfully here most people buy high-end stuff (which is why it was rare for me to get an imac in).

But what an impressive piece of hardware. Well-designed inside and out, yet affordable. It's still smaller and thinner than the Dell monitors most people have here, yet surprise! it's the entire computer.

I never highly recommended the imacs before but this one has it.

[m2smith]

Quote: Originally Posted by jwardell

But what an impressive piece of hardware. Well-designed inside and out, yet affordable. It's still smaller and thinner than the Dell monitors most people have here, yet surprise! it's the entire computer.

I never highly recommended the imacs before but this one has it.

You know something REALLY good is coming out within a couple of months of my buying a new 'puter. Bought one of the last G4 iMacs... Still does OK.

I'm used to it though - Bought my first meg o' memory for $465 (actually a board with 768k on it to bring an Apple llGS UP to a meg! right before it dropped in half )

[jwardell]

Ah..you have to spend some times on news & rumors sites before a big purchase to be sure you don't get screwed. Also keep in mind apple usually has price protection for a few weeks if you call and ask. I got a $200 check from them once just by asking.