Re: Is $399 a good price to upgrade 512 MB to 1 GB SDRAM on new XP machine?

That link I gave you doesn't work. Here's one that should:
http://www.mpccorp.com/home/store/config.html?config=1381251


"Ellen Hall" <ellen_hall_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23acqmlAvFHA.4048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Wow. Thank you, everyone, for your input. I actually went to the Crucial
> site earlier today but just didn't look far enough. I just used the
Advisor
> Tool (which guarantees compatibility for the system you input). It seems
to
> give me lots of options, and at a MUCH lower cost. I've changed out RAM
> before, but wasn't looking at the new system as something I'd add to or
> change so early.
>
> Bob, this is the system I'm looking at (with a few changes):
>
http://www.mpccorp.com/home/store/config.html?sid=0E16CA0762744ABA8C33E6C9798C5309
>
> Has anyone had to do any BIOS or other tweaking to get the memory
> accepted/seen by the system? It's been awhile, and I don't think I had to
> do anything except insert the piece(s) and power up.
>
> Thanks very much,
> Ellen Hall
>
> "Bob Knowlden" <nkbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uHomoNAvFHA.4032@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Whether getting 1 GB of RAM is reasonable depends on what you will use
the
> > PC for. My desktop at work has 512 MB total, and it's enough for my
> > purposes. I don't see excessive disk swapping.
> >
> > $399 to go from 512 MB to 1 GB seems absurd. See www.crucial.com (the
> retail
> > arm of Micron) for comparisons. They list 2X512 MB (1 GB total, for a
> > dual-channel system) of DDR2-4200 (533 MHz) Ballistix for $152US.
(That's
> > not a price difference - it is to buy the RAM separately.) At that rate,
> > you'd do better to buy the system with minimum memory, and buy your 1 GB
> > separately. You could discard the 256 MB that came with the system, and
> > still be far ahead in money. (You'd have to be capable of installing the
> new
> > RAM, but that is one of the easiest things to do inside a PC, in my
> > opinion.)
> >
> > Is this the system you're looking at?
> >
> > http://www.mpccorp.com/smallbiz/store/config.html?config=1381251
> >
> > The pricing seems odd. For example, the gaming version of the same
system:
> >
> > http://www.mpccorp.com/smallbiz/store/config.html?config=1382487
> >
> > offers a *free* upgrade to 1 GB of RAM, and a 160 GB hard drive (rather
> than
> > 40 GB). The gaming system comes with XP Home rather than XP Pro, which
may
> > be adequate if you don't need the features in Pro (2 CPU support, some
> > networking features, built-in file encryption available). The gaming
> system
> > also has no provision to order MS Office. I see that it also includes no
> > mouse or keyboard, although you can add them for a modest sum.
> >
> > I hope that I'm mistaken in thinking that these are , rather, uh,
*sharp*
> > business practices.
> >
> > On the other hand, Dell used to charge $99 to ship a system anywhere in
> the
> > continental US. By regular UPS surface. They made a tidy profit on that,
> on
> > average.
> >
> > (In case it's not obvious, my home systems have been home grown since
> 1997.)
> >
> >
> > Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
> >
> > "Ellen Hall" <ellen_hall_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:%23Rry2l%23uFHA.2008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I'm configuring a new Micron Computer (had one for years and love it).
> > > I've
> > > always thought that 1 GB Memory was minimum for a great XP experience
> > > (multitask, not a gamer). The one I'm looking at comes with:
> > > Ballistix 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 533 SDRAM 2-DIMMs
> > >
> > > They want $399 to upgrade to Ballistix 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 533 SDRAM
> > > 2-DIMMs.
> > >
> > > Do you agree about the 1 MB minimum, and if so, is the $399 upgrade
> > > reasonable?
> > >
> > > Any opinions would be appreciated.
> > > Thank you,
> > > Ellen Hall
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>


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