On Sat 21 May 05, 8:37 AM, Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > "John Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Thanks but the old clunker's motherboard is not expandable to 256M > > :-( > > Star/Open-Office is not going to be pleasant. TeX, on the other hand, > will run like a treat. TeX always runs like a treat. But I have to disagree with OO. It's always slow. But I don't think it'll be particularly slower at 64MB as long as the system isn't loaded down (but perhaps that's what you meant).
> > > > > >in that case you'd need more memory. 256MB is cheap these days. > > As you know, It's not as cheap if you need 72-pin EDO SIMMs memory. Not all memory is cheap, as I unfortunately recently learned. Ironically, old DIMMs --- I'm talking about the slow single density PC100 sticks you'd put in a Pentium II computer --- are more expensive than the DDR memory you'd put into a modern Athlon system. The reason, I've read, is that it takes more silicon wafer surface material to generate single density DIMMs. Pete -- Every theory is killed sooner or later, but if the theory has good in it, that good is embodied and continued in the next theory. -- Albert Einstein GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]