Notebook Makers Moving to 4 GB Memory As Standard

akintayo writes "Digitimes reports that first-tier notebook manufacturers are increasing the standard installed memory from the current 1 GB to 4GB. They claim the move is an attempt to shore up the costs of DRAM chips, which are currently depressed because of a glut in market. The glut is supposedly due to increased manufacturing capacity and the slow adoption of Microsoft's Vista operating system. The proposed move is especially interesting, given that 32-bit Vista and XP cannot access 4 GB of memory. They have a practical 3.1 — 3.3 GB limit. With Vista SP1 it seems that Microsoft has decided to fix the problem by reporting the installed memory rather than the available memory."

Comments

That's great

[G-News.ch]

Because OS X Leopard CAN access 4GB of RAM. Let's see if Apple also joins the fray. Then again, 4GB is way too much, because after all 640KB should be enough for everyone.

Re:That's great

[LaughingCoder]

I like the fact that your \. ID is in the 640Ks

Re:That's great

[LiquidCoooled]

Any of them do.

There is nothing in this world that a bit of elbow grease, duct tape and a hacksaw cannot do.

Re:That's great

[Anonymous Coward]

>I like the fact that your \. ID is in the 640Ks
I like the fact that you don't know the difference between a slash and a backslash.

Re:That's great

[Anonymous Coward]

Plus you get a cooler computer too. s/cooler/gayer/

Let me tell you a story about my best friend. He was always with many chicks, usually banging 2-3 girls at a time. He always had chicks crazy about him. Then one day he needed a laptop and bought a Mac. Afterwards I didn't see him with many girls anymore, it was as if he lost interest. I had to go out of state for a few weeks, but when I got back, he was somewhat back to normal. Though, instead of banging 2-3 girls, he was banging 2-3 guys. The Mac made him totally gay. His mannerisms changed, he developed the "accent", he started dressing differently, etc. I was shocked that it was actually him, it was like he was a completely different person. Apple products did that to him.

Stay away from Apple if you value your heterosexuality.

--
Mac OS X: The OS named after pussies used by men who love cock.

Re:That's great

[Dogtanian]

He was always with many chicks, usually banging 2-3 girls at a time. He had three penises?!

Re:That's great

[Dogtanian]

A friend of mine was running an XP computer with 512 of ram. He couldn't play Warcraft III [..] After I gutted his computer [..] was he able to play the game acceptably and not get screwed by alt-tabbing. Quite frankly, given the cost of RAM these days, wouldn't it have made sense for him to upgrade that by at least 512MB anyway (at least in addition to the work you already did)? If he can afford to play WOW, he can clearly afford a half-gig stick of RAM.

Of course, if you weren't charging him for your time (or you consider your time worth nothing), then it makes more economic sense for him to get you to fix it- it's not costing him anything, so it's cheaper than spending a massive $45 on a new stick of RAM. Some people might consider that taking advantage of friendship, though since I don't know if you'd actually pointed out that upgrading his RAM would have solved much of the problem, it might not be fair to blame him.

Re:That's great

[justin12345]

I'm sorry, I can never keep this straight: Is Joe Sixpack a jock or a drunk? Or both?

Re:That's great

[Mikya]

He did after it was him and two guys.

Re:Hey!

[boredMDer]

'I want one of those to run pine and vi!'

OEMs releasing computers with 4GB of memory standard? Finally, we have machines that'll be able to run emacs...

Re:Hey!

[Roane]

In another few years, I might be able to run Eclipse.

Solution: Make More Wiis

[Bandman]

It sounds like they should be making wiis and not memory. Solve a few problems at once

Re:Makes me feel old

[Alain Williams]

Modern machines have more L2 cache than the first 'personal' computers that I used had hard drives - 8" floppies with 128KB capacity.

Better stop there before I start talking about paper bags in the middle of the street - you youngsters don't know what life is!

Reminds me of an old Microsoft joke

[UnknowingFool]

How many Microsoft engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

None. Microsoft just redefines darkness as the standard.

Re:Makes me feel old

[Metasquares]

Well back in my day we shifted disks on an abacus and made the beeping noises ourselves! :)

Re:Oh just jump to 64bit already MS

[_KiTA_]

Stop with the kludges and force the developers along. 32 bit came with the 386 era and lasted a good while - a very good run indeed. 64 bit would last beyond our lifetimes anyway, I doubt we will even come close to the limits of addressable memory there (hopefully this isn't the new 640k comment) -- so there is no point in stalling it indefinitely.


Dunno! I have a fun project for you though -- try printing out your comment, popping it into a time capsule, and burying it in your yard. Dig it up in 10 or 20 years and giggle.

For laughs, include some recent computer ads.

Personally, I had a similar moment when buying my first 20 gig HDD about 10 years ago. I remember seeing a 100 GB HDD and marveling at how big it was, and how we'd never, ever use that much space. Now my WinNY/Share (Japanese P2P) folders are over 100 gigs each.

Time is odd.

s/nothing/very little/

[pjt33]

Surely you should say "There's very little in this world...". Otherwise all /.ers would have girlfriends.

Re:s/nothing/very little/

[LiquidCoooled]

If you followed my instructions at the very least you would have part of a girlfriend and an arrest warrant.

Re:Hey!

[Marcos Eliziario]

Well, if your field of study was French Revolution or Mayan history, I bet you'd find it pretty useful.

Re:Reminds me of a new Linux joke

[coryking]

25 watts is good enough for anybody!