On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:59:23 -0600 Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have a Lenovo R51, which takes a 1 GB PC2700 DDR SODIMM 333 MHz > memory card. Alas, the memory card I have for it just died, and I am > down to the 256 MB that came with the computer. Since I am coming into > Sandy for the UTOSC, I figure I should grab a replacement while I am > there. Is there a store convenient to the conference venue which is > likely to have what I need? > > thanks > > One point for Linux: Ubuntu is slow but fully operational in 256MB of > RAM (244 excluding the video RAM). Try that with Vista or W7. :-) > Thanks for all the suggestions. Lonnie Olson suggested Best Buy. As I went past Orem en route last night I stopped at the Best Buy there. They had what I needed, for $69.43 (tax included). I opened up my laptop, put the new RAM in, fired up the beastie, and ran Memtest86+ right there in the parking lot. Everything looked good, so I drove off. (Thereby redefining the term Field Replaceable Unit [FRU]. :-) http://www.charlescurley.com/blog/, btw. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
