why don't you buy 2 512 sticks to go with the one you have. it almost maxes the ram and the price difference is not that much. try for the larger hd. i got the seagate 120 72 rpm for less than $100 at best buy. my bet is you can get even better price now. you are lucky that you have a macusers group! g On May 29, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Blake Tullo wrote: > On May 27, 2005, at 8:01 AM, Alex May wrote: > >> Welcome to the group! > > Again I wanted to thank everyone for their advice and welcomes to the > group. I think, given my needs for the machine, I'm going to try and > buy: > > 512 stick and a 256 stick to couple with the 256 stick I have > 40-80 gig HD > A DVD drive > Airport Card > Geforce 2 MX card > and maybe even a 15" or 17" LCD > > Of course that will all be purchased over time. =) > > I'm also lucky in that I belong to a local Mac users group here in > Michigan, so someone from the group who is a mac hardware guy is going > to help me put it all together. I have two left hands when it comes > to hardware for some bizarre reason. > > Thanks again for the welcome and advice.