Am 16.03.2010 19:07, schrieb Richard C. Steffens: > Michael Rasmussen and one or two others wrote this or something similar: >> It really depends on what you're planning to do with the system. >> Video editing? Not enough. >> >> General use? Sure. Especially if you use XFCE and Chrome for your browser. >> Firefox will chew up that RAM. >> > > General use is probably the right characterization. I'll be trying out > different distros. I'm also going to try running several virtually, at > the same time, for the experience. One thing I want to try is to see if > I can get an old copy of Win98 to run as a virtual machine and have > access to the SCSI controller I'll put in the box so I can run the > original software that came with my Epson Perfection 600 scanner. At one > time it worked under SANE, but somewhere in the last year or two that > model disappeared from the supported scanners list. The scanner on my > all-in-one Brother printer has developed a line running the length of > the scan, plus the 600 can handle legal size originals. > > So, a test machine with occasional scanning, but no serious production work. > > Fred James wrote: > >> First - check the specs on the motherboard and see just how much memory, >> and in what configurations, the board will take. > > Next time I have the lid off I'll see what I can figure out. I might > have some documentation from my sister, too. I know it has two slots, > but don't know the top end limits. On the other hand, this box is a few > years old, so I won't be putting a lot of re$ource$ into it. > > > Tim wrote: > >> However, you should consider whether or not the motherboard is >> dual-channel or not. Not sure if you're familiar with this timing >> hack that motherboards have been using, but often you can get better >> speed out of 2 or 3 smaller memory sticks rather than a single one of >> a larger size (with all timing specs being otherwise the same). >> > > No, I'm not familiar with that. I'll have to look into it. > > > Update: My wife had to visit Pacific Solutions to have another machine > looked at, so she took my sister's old box with her. The tech installed > a 1 GB stick along with the 256 MB stick. The machine seems to boot XP > faster than before, which is what I expected. I will soon start loading > Linux distros on it. > > Thanks to all for your advice. >
When you include the requirement of being able to run several VMs simultaneously, you just added to your memory needs. Put in as much as you possibly can. Carlos _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
