Need someone to lead product management at your software company? I create software for people that create software and I'm looking for my next opportunity. Check out my resume and get in touch.

Adam Kalsey

This is the blog of Adam Kalsey. Unusual depth and complexity. Rich, full body with a hint of nutty earthiness.

Personal

Sweet, sweet RAM

Freshness Warning
This blog post is over 19 years old. It's possible that the information you read below isn't current and the links no longer work.

24 Aug 2004

I’m now sporting 1 gigabyte of memory in my Thinkpad. It was a lot cheaper than I expected; the last time I was shopping for laptop RAM it was mostly proprietary, super-expensive stuff. The gig I just bought only cost $220 before tax.

Comments

Scott Johnson
August 24, 2004 3:21 PM

It's been almost three years since I bought the gig that's in my ThinkPad, but I think it only cost me about $160 back then. No tax, no shipping. RAM is cheap when you don't buy it *with* your laptop. You just have to love those third parties that sell compatible memory.

Andrew Quinn
August 29, 2004 10:46 AM

(Drool) Sweet, Adam. What else can I say?

Phil
August 30, 2004 6:31 PM

I did the same thing when I bought my Dell. 1Gig is MUCH cheaper when you buy it from a third party. One thing I have learned is that 1Gig on a Compaq (shared memory) is WAY different than it is on a Dell (NOT shared memory).

This discussion has been closed.

Recently Written

Micromanaging and competence (Jul 2)
Providing feedback or instruction can be seen as micromanagement unless you provide context.
My productivity operating system (Jun 24)
A framework for super-charging productivity on the things that matter.
Great product managers own the outcomes (May 14)
Being a product manager means never having to say, "that's not my job."
Too Big To Fail (Apr 9)
When a company piles resources on a new product idea, it doesn't have room to fail. That keeps it from succeeding.
Go small (Apr 4)
The strengths of a large organization are the opposite of what makes innovation work. Starting something new requires that you start with a small team.
Start with a Belief (Apr 1)
You can't use data to build products unless you start with a hypothesis.
Mastery doesn’t come from perfect planning (Dec 21)
In a ceramics class, one group focused on a single perfect dish, while another made many with no quality focus. The result? A lesson in the value of practice over perfection.
The Dark Side of Input Metrics (Nov 27)
Using input metrics in the wrong way can cause unexpected behaviors, stifled creativity, and micromanagement.

Older...

What I'm Reading