Re: Re: upgrading RAM (grx550)

On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 17:22, John Andersen wrote:
> On Saturday 31 May 2003 04:13 pm, J/ wrote:
> >  I can confirm I've personally upgraded my 600K to 1.5GB
> > of Ram (has 2 slots) and a 2.4Ghz processor.   
> 
> So where did you get the 2.4ghz processor?  From Sony
> or third party?  

I bought it at a trade show -- they had 2.4-M's at a reasonable price so
I picked one up -- got the extra ram there at the same time.

> Is that upgrade a significant improvement in performance?
> I've noticed that anything less than 100% increase in speed is
> hardly noticable anymore.
> 

I think that the extra ram is more noticeable than the increase in
processor speed -- I just did it since it was available and a good
price.  The main thing I've noticed is that at full processor speed my
batteries drain faster ....   Oh well.

Depends on the application -- it does compile a bit faster, but for the
most part you're right, if you don't wait your 18months, upgrading the
processor tend sto be pointless.


> How long does it take to burn a DVD?
> 

About 45 minutes -- when I got the +/- DVDRW as a replacement part they
"didn't know how fast it burned" -- I was hoping it'd be based on their
new 4x's.  It's just a -1x/+2x though, oh well...  So 1hr for a FULL
DVD.  For DVD+RW it's about 30 minutes.  


Ah well,

J/