Re: RAM Property

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From: Alias (aka_at_maskedandanonymous.com)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 19:46:08 +0100

Your vendor is telling the truth.

Alias

"Karl Neumann" <chucks2@cox.net> wrote

:I bought a Great Quality RX-7333 laptop with 256MB of RAM. The computer
: Property tab displays only 224 MB. The vendor says this is normal because
: the laptop comes with "shared video"; therefore the 32MB difference
between
: the nominal and display amounts. Is that correct?
:
: To compare, for two years I've also owned an hp Pavilion desktop PC with
: 768MB of RAM. In this case the Property tab displays 760MB, only an 8MB
: difference to the nominal value.
:
: I don't know what "shared video" means and want to make sure there's
nothing
: wrong with the RAM in the laptop just purchased and that the vendor isn't
: giving me a wrong explanation.
:
: An expert's opinion will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
:
:

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