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Re: Need RAM advice



Argh, I think I hate you. One of those RAM price-drop sob stories -- I 
paid IBM $600-plus a year ago for an 8M dram card. sigh. . .

Robert J. Karp wrote:
> 
> If you put non-IBM memory into your machine you will void the balance of
> your 3-year warranty, according to IBM.  That alone should be enough to
> consider Big Blue.  I am unfamiliar with your machine type, so do not know
> what type of memory it takes.  Fact is, I found a lower price for IBM-brand
> memory for my 760EL than for 3rd party memory.  That's right.  $199 for a
> 16Mb module.
> 
> ----------
> > From: Brett Pantalone <pantalone@egertp.rtp.ericsson.se>
> > To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Need RAM advice
> > Date: Monday, October 28, 1996 10:03 AM
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm new to this mailing list.  I have a ThinkPad 755CE with 540 MB
> > HDD and 8 MB RAM.  I am currently running Windows 3.1 but plan to
> > upgrade to 95.  I am also going to upgrade my memory, but don't know
> > much about RAM technology. Is one RAM vendor as good as another? Are
> > there any vendors I should avoid?  What specifications should I look
> > for?  Any advice in this area will be appreciated!
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Brett Pantalone                         Ericsson Mobile Communications
> > pantalone@egertp.ericsson.se            Software Development Group