Am 16.03.2010 09:21, schrieb Fred James: > Richard C. Steffens wrote: >> My sister recently upgraded from an XP machine to a Mac. I got the >> hand-me-down. I now have a test machine and plan to use it to try out >> different distros. XP will not be one of them. >> >> One reason she got her new machine is that the old one runs so slowly. >> Of course, XP is part of the problem, and who knows what mischievous >> malware has found its way onto the hard drive (no, I'm not connecting it >> to the house network until I wipe that drive and load Linux). >> >> Another reason it is slow is that it has only 256 MB of RAM. The mother >> board has two memory slots with one DDR PC3200 stick in it. I can get a >> 1 GB stick for $36. Will that be good enough? I realize that more is >> usually better, but $36 is better than $72 for now. >> >> Other details: >> >> Processor: AMD Sempron 2400+, 1.6 GHz >> Hard drive: 111 GB (can't see the make and model unless I take it out. >> Floppy, CD writer/DVD reader. >> >> TIA for any advice. >> > Richard C. Steffens > First - check the specs on the motherboard and see just how much memory, > and in what configurations, the board will take. > Hope this helps > Regards > Fred James > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
1G should be ample to load all required runtime processes into memory without swapping. More memory will give you a bigger disk cache, but you'll be "over the hump" with 1G. Carlos _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
