Chas Martin sez: Macs will often become dangerously unstable/crashprone when the wrong RAM is put in them. I've seen this firsthand when a friend bought 256MB of RAM for $40 from OfficeMax and tried to use it in his iMac. Freaky behaviour. My advice is to use what is recommended. ----------------
Chas, Your point is well-taken. I was simply stating that CAS2, from my experience in the WinTel world, seems like a high-end requirement for a desktop machine. But if CAS2 is standard fare in the MacWorld, I will not argue. I agree... with RAM prices being what they are today, it's senseless to try to shave off $12.33 from a <=$75 stick of RAM. On a similar note, I have found that Linux/UNIX is a lot less tolerant of media errors than other WinTel OSes. In my mental filecabinet, I'm filing Mac into a similar category of finicky (this time, as relates to memory refresh speed). David "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about." ------ Charles Kingsley, 1819-1875 -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
