Re: WebSphere dev studio 5.1

[craigs@xxxxxxxxx]

$100 for 256MB more of RAM!!  I understand the motherboard might only allow
128MB max per stick.  I think you could get a barebones PC for $200 (+$13
for shipping) that would be a 2Ghz Celeron, 256MB RAM, 3D Video, sound card
here:
http://microtechcomputers.com/product.asp?Sku=BBINCE2000MID256SD.  Buy
another 256MB stick for about $45 and you know it is compatible but make
sure it is not the DDR.  Of course, you would probably want to buy that
hard drive from maybe Best Buy.  I bought a 60GB hard drive for about $40
there not too long ago.  Then you just transfer the floppy drive, hard
drive, CD-ROM, and PCI devices to the new PC.
I think what Jon is talking about memory for $10 or $15 is bargain memory
that you see from places like Best Buy after rebates once in awhile.
Bargain memory from brands like Kingston and PNY will work on some PC's but
not others.  Some PC's can only use certain brands of memory.
I don't mean to steer off into a discussion of hardware but maybe this
might help.
I bought a 128MB PC100 SDRAM for $10 from Best Buy once awhile ago because
that was in the documented specs on my PC.  I have another PC in my
collection.  It did not work on the IBM Aptiva 2163-580 450Mhz (160MB RAM).
But it did work on the old 350 Mhz CTX (64MB RAM) which doesn't even make
PC's anymore.  I couldn't find that brand and model of memory matched with
my Aptiva PC model on thier website.  I haven't seen memory for $10 very
often but I haven't really been looking.  $40-$50 may be the best price you
find on memory that would be compatible with your PC.  Plus, you would be
sure it would be good quality.  I bought this PC from that website and got
the extra 256MB RAM when my main one died about 5 months ago and I have not
had any trouble with the new one at all.  I just went with the Intel
motherboard since I heard it was supposed to be more reliable with an Intel
processor and I could find lots of documentation and websites on it.  I
hear people talking about memory is so cheap but I agree that it usually is
not cheap for residential consumers.  I only paid the $45 for that memory
because I do video editing often (using one of those analog video capture
devices into the USB).  That is more important to run on my home PC than
installing and running WDSC.  :)
I hope this helps.

Craig Strong

** Paul wrote:
Hi,

Mmm... do you mean running WDSCi on a PII ?

Memory is the most important part, but a PII is not a modern machine.

I'm already disappointed on my PIV 2.6 GHz with 512 MB (however I've seen
it on
a 1 GB RAM one, and that was nice).

Anyway, before I disappoint you... it is acceptable on my Thinkpas A21
which is
a PIII-800 Mhz with 384 MB.

Kind regards,
Paul

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 CODE/400 Discussion & Support <code400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> >> Yup - I understand.  I just wanted to relate that if
>> >> one can't load WDSCi, one can't use Code in WDSCi.
>>
>> Buck - this has to be an issue of memory.
>
>Agreed.  128 megs of RAM is not much.
>
>> You can get 256Mb of memory for $10 or $15 -
>> why not just buy some -
>
>An interesting thought.  Crucial (http://www.crucial.com) has 128MB PC100
>ECC SDRAM for $42.99 US.  Mushkin (http://www.mushkin.com) has it for
$50.00
>US.  And I'll need a new HD too.  Zipzoomfly (http://www.zipzoomfly.com)
has
>Western Digital 40 gig drives for $54.24 US.  To bring the box to a 40
gig,
>384 meg Pentium II would cost me $140.22 US plus shipping etc.  Which
isn't
>THAT expensive...  Hmmm.
>  --buck
>
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