On 5/15/07, Jerry Houston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Since you're explicitly embarking on this as a learning experience, you
> could always set up a dual-boot configuration for "compare and
> contrast" purposes. I'm really not up on it, but perhaps you could use
> Xen or one of the other virtualization systems to have both at once.
> Since you've got a dual-core processor, it should perform pretty well,
> though 2GB is even more restrictive in a concurrent dual-OS situation.
>
Thanks for your comments, Randall. The motherboard I'll be using has
room for two RAM modules, and although it supports up to 8 GB in each
(16 GB total), it's not easy to find modules that big. And even 2 GB
modules are pretty expensive for a toy.
I just read an article that RAM prices are starting to drop rapidly,
so con't buy more too quick.
Apparently the big boys (Dell/HP) have been getting ram for $40/GB for
several months but have kept the selling price up in the $100/$120 GB
range. Possibly because they had a bunch of old inventory they bought
for higher prices. Regardless retail price is supposedly starting to
reflect the cheaper volume pricing.
Hopefully we will all be able to get cheaper RAM soon. If retail
drops to $50/GB or something that would be fantastic.
Greg
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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century
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