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    Canadian Memory Upgrade....

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gibson00, Oct 12, 2007.

  1. gibson00

    gibson00 Notebook Evangelist

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    OK, my father is buying an XPS (13 inch). He is upgrading from 2 to 3gig of RAM, and dell only charges a little over $100 for this.
    But for the Vostro 1700, to go from 2 to 3gig Ram costs over $500!!!!
    What the heck???
     
    gibson00, Oct 12, 2007
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Please don't purposely bypass the swear filter, it's there for a reason. As for reason for pricing, because they can, and people who aren't as knowledgable with technology or pricing will just do it without much second thought.
     
    coriolis, Oct 12, 2007
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  3. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    There isn't much of a benefit to go to 3gb of RAM anyway. 2 is more than enough for XP, and adequate for the 32bit version of Vista.
     
    Khris, Oct 12, 2007
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  4. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    There was a thread here a while back that demonstrated that 2 was more effective than 3 somehow.
     
    Les, Oct 12, 2007
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  5. gridtalker

    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    Save yourself the money and get the extra ram from Newegg
     
    gridtalker, Oct 12, 2007
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  6. Les

    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    Cant...no delivery to Canada
     
    Les, Oct 12, 2007
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  7. kowell

    kowell Notebook Evangelist

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    Newegg won,t deliver to Canada.. but TigerDirect.ca has some good prices
     
    kowell, Oct 12, 2007
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  8. onexeyed

    onexeyed Notebook Consultant

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    Or NCIX.com has some good sales as well on memory.
     
    onexeyed, Oct 12, 2007
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