[PB] adding ram

pwadams at charter.net pwadams at charter.net
Thu Sep 30 09:16:20 PDT 2004


And where did you buy the RAM?  after reading all of our comments you 
are convincing me to go ahead and upgrade.  I use video too much NOT to 
upgrade, I suppose.
Pam

On Sep 30, 2004, at 12:08 PM, Brian Olesky wrote:

> On 9/30/04 11:00 AM, "rob morris" <rob.morris at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>
>>> From: Jim Freeman <jpfreeman at mac.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [PB] adding ram
>>>
>>> Ahh. Now I get it. Bummer. I didn't bother to check, so I guess I was
>>> lucky that my PB G4 1.33 Ghz has a free ram slot. On the other hand,
>>> some day I may wish I could change that built in 256 chip.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>
>> The 256 chip on the bottom is not "built-in" rather it is removable 
>> too. You
>> can add another 512 there...or did I misunderstand you comment? :)
>> You have two ram slots.  RAM is not built onto the board at all in 
>> these
>> books.
>>
> Aha, that's good to know. Guess it's not like my old iBook, where one 
> chip
> was "built in." So right now I've invested about $60 in upgrading one 
> of the
> 250's to 512. I guess it'll cost me another $60 to do it again. Since I
> dislike the thought of having to buy two 512 chips just get an extra 
> 256
> from each, I may wait since I've only had the PB for a few weeks, and 
> see
> how well it does on 768.
>
> Brian
>
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