[geeks] eek

[joshua d boyd]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 03:07:32PM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 02:29:01PM -0400, joshua d boyd wrote:
> > I just made the mistake of looking at pricewatch.  That's it.  My sisters
> > peecee isn't getting any more upgrades (ram, CPU, whatever).  Why?  Duron
> > CPU and mobo (with sound and perhaps ethernet) starting at 85.  Certainly
> > beets trying to find (and paying the premium) for PC66 memory.  My how
> > things change.
> 
> Why would you get PC66 when you can just slap in PC133 and it works just fine?
> 
> pc66/pc100/pc133 just refers to "fastest speed".

Let me put it this way.  2 out of 2 PC100 dimms had trouble.  But the
"PC66" sdram dimm in it works fine.  I don't know.  And at 85 for a new
board and CPU at nearly 4 times the speed, I don't really care.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd
http://www.cs.millersville.edu/~jdboyd/