If my new memory chip doesn't arrive soon, I'll go on a killing spree!

[NightTrain]

As I mentioned recently, my buddy Dan just performed an upgrade to my computer. But there's one step left: raising my RAM from 128 to 512 MB. Dan ordered a memory chip, but it hasn't arrived yet. In the meantime, this goddamned thing continues to run like an arthritic turtle! :argh:

[liberalhistorian]

1. Oh, please don't do that!

We can't have our big weekend meeting (just three weeks from Friday!) from your jail cell!:evilgrin: :hi: :loveya:

[Deja Q]

2. Windows XP or MacOS X?

With some disabling of unneeded services, XP will fit into the same memory footprint as Win2k.

I know nothing of OS X except lots of Mac users say it benefits more from having more RAM and one person said that even going from 512KB to 1GB helped (which would make OS X into OS OX...)

WHat are you using your computer for anyway? More than internet/word processing use I'd expect...

[Florida_Geek]

3. Under OSX and XP is a Unix Kernel

Both do disk caching with extra memory. The more memory you have the more files stay in memory.

[NightTrain]

7. XP.

And as long as I have your attention:

Does Windows XP come with Scan Disk? I've reason to suspect that my hard drive may have errors on it, but when I tried to find Scan Disk, it wasn't listed anywhere that I looked. Like under "System Tools" and "Accessories," where it always was in Windows 98.

So if there is, indeed, Scan Disk on XP, where the hell did they hide it???

[scottcsmith]

8. No, it's called CHKDSK in Win XP

You can have Windows XP run it by bringing up the drive (from 'My Computer', for instance), right-click it with your mouse and select "Properties." With the properties menu up, click on the "Tools" tab and then click "Check Now" next to "Error Checking." I usually check both boxes. If it's your main system drive, CHKDSK will run upon the next reboot of your computer.

Good luck...

[GOPisEvil]

4. Ordered??

You mean you can't go to the nearest computer store and buy a stick of RAM? *confused look*

[NightTrain]

5. Yes! "Ordered."

From a company on-line that charges a hell of a lot less than Comp U.S.A. and the other chain stores around here that put all the independents out of business. When you're as rent-poor as I am, buying things cheaply is a must!

[GOPisEvil]

6. Comprende.

I paid 20 bucks for an el-cheapo 256MB stick at Fry's down here. But, if I couldn't get that deal, I was looking at ordering.