<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.3.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 15:56 -0400, Joseph Bishay wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Hello, > you will see a HUGH difference between 16 and 64MB and a very noticeable > difference between 32 and 64MB. RAM is cheap these days. . . I don't even know if they can handle anymore ram. I think many of them have only 1 slot for a stick of ram now. What sort of ram is this - EDO? </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Probably so. If they're Pentium I's, then there are three possiblities for DRAM physical form factors. 1.) 30-pin SIMM (must be added in fours) 2.) 72-pin SIMM (must be added in pairs) 3.) 168-pin DIMM (added one at a time, like today's boxes) In case 1, most mobos could take a max of 32MB DRAM, as they had eight slots, and the largest SIMM size that I ever saw was 4MB. All such mobos supported FPM memory. In case 2, I've never, ever seen a mobo with less than two slots, because, remember, you have to add them in pairs. It's very easy to get a couple of 32MB 72-pin SIMMs (64MB total), and very cheaply. Both FPM and EDO are supported on all such motherboards I've ever heard of. In case 3, you're talking about either FPM, EDO, or SDRAM DIMMs; note that SDRAM is very different electrically and not at all compatible with FPM/EDO DIMM slots. FPM or EDO DIMMs aren't hard to find at all. Of course, SDRAM's even easier. :-) In my experience, 32MB are quite sufficient for the thin clients, but having 64MB certainly doesn't hurt anything. The jump from 16MB to 32MB, though, I quite agree, is dramatic. --TP <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> > Second, how much Video RAM do they have. The more, the better. . . Most have 1 MB or max 2 of onboard ram. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> The video chipset also matters. Big time. </BODY> </HTML>