Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] RAM for Ubuntu

["Shawn Parker" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

why not just use a bigger swap?

On 4/3/06, Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On 4/3/06, Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > I added a gig of ram to my laptop recently and it only cost about $100.
> > Offhand I don't remember the memory type but it was just a normal SODIMM
> > of some kind or another.
>
> The 144 pin SODIMMs I need seem to be pricier than that.  Plus, the
> Thinkpad *apparently* only supports 512 MB.  Right now, I found I
> could scavenge a 256 MB SODIMM from some deceased hardware, so I've
> got 384 MB on the ThinkPad, and Ubuntu runs much more smoothly (esp.
> OpenOffice.org).  If I can score another 256 MB SODIMM, I'll be up to
> 512 MB, which is all I can really justify for a notebook as relatively
> slow as this one.
>
> > panel. I guess the point of this rant is.. does your laptop not take the
> > 1GB SODIMM's?
>
> Not so far as I know.  The official word seems to be not:
>
> http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-55644
>
> There do turn out to be two DIMM slots, though.
>
> jking
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