[X4U] RAM lessons even the stubborn can learn

[Stroller]

On Nov 28, 2005, at 6:00 pm, Richard Gilmore wrote:
> On 27/11/05 1:26 AM, "wjsjlauffen at t-online.de" 
> <wjsjlauffen at t-online.de>
> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 11:32:55 -0800 (PST),
>> x4u-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote:
>>> modern Mac's that they're so
>>> blasted touchy when it comes to RAM.
>>
>> that is supposed to be a characteristic of all Unix flavors.
>
> Is this true? I've never had a RAM problem and all I use is no name 
> type RAM
> including my Linux box.

I would say it's more a characteristic of proprietary Unices.

My 1990s SGI workstations were very expensive machines when new and 
both have very specific RAM requirements. Linux on the other hand is 
much more widely deployed on cheaper commodity hardware.

Stroller.