Memory upgrade

[nazimundo]

Just upgraded the memory on the laptop from 256mb to 2gb and it's now like a new computer and a fast as the desktop pc
Fitting the extra memory chips could not have been easier, all I needed to do was unplug it from the mains remove the battery take the little cover off the underside undo the clips holding the original chip and push the new ones into place until the clips click into place then replace the cover. Then replace the battery plug it into the mains switch it on again and that was that

I've sent for an external hard drive to store my photos etc' so lets hope it's as easy to deal with

Alfie

[capney]

Well done Alfie.. I can see theres no stopping you now.
Must admit with only 256mb on board things would be dragging a bit.

[nazimundo]

Yep Robert I'll be able to use the laptop for my photos which is what I wanted to use it for.

With only 256mb of ram it was slower than paint drying but now it's as fast as the desktop, so when the external storage arrives I'll have to spend a bit of time backing up loads of things

Alfie

[kedigato]

Yes, it must have been slow and needed a push, Alfie.

I recently bought an external hard drive for my MacMini, a 2,5" 640 GB, so now I am not worrying about perhaps loosing things. Whew! I do an Update every 2 weeks, and if I forget, it reminds me.

[DAG]

Well done Alfie, agree with everyone, 256mb of ram would sure cramp your style with modern programmes!



I remember doing an upgrade on the old Sinclair Spectrum back in the 80's and you had to handle the actual chips and made sure that you earthed yourself first because of damaging it with static electricity! ;D

[capney]

Spectruim.. now theres a blast from the past. I recall building one of them for my son. It started him off on software programminmg and he has never stopped since.
Other machines were the QL and a 8 meg PC..! what a donkey that was, and it cost the earth.

[DAG]

Yes Robert, a blast from the past! ;D

A friend at work bought Sinclair's first home computer kits, the ZX81 that you bought very cheap but you had to solder all the components together yourself, he he! It only produced black and white images.

Anyway he got me interested but by then the Spectrum (which had colour hence the name) had just become available and so we bought it.

It started me off with learning Basic computer language and we used to buy the magazines from which you could type in a programme and see what it did......usually a game. Arney also took interest eventually and became very good at typing them in and debugging which was usually necessary because of typing errors.

So much fun seems to have gone out of it now that it has become easier but of course you can never put the clock back.