I got an additional gigabyte of memory in my work laptop. My employer is serious about keeping its employees productive. 512 MB of RAM was not at all enough for Window XP in a developer environment. Honestly, 512 MB is not enough for Windows XP and a serious internet user. Between Media Player, iTunes, RSS Bandit, iPodder, Outlook, Opera, Gaim, Skype, Word, Excel, and a couple MSTSC clients, well over 512MB of RAM is used. Start openning development tools on top of this and the laptop quickly slows to a crawl. It also kills the battery when its doing all that swapping.
My boss had actually ordered two 1GB modules, but this T42 only has 1 slot. It is apparently 512MB onboard, and 1 slot, so they just put in the 1GB module, and I now have 1.5GB of RAM. I was so excited that when I got the email message from my boss, saying that it has been delivered, that I stopped reading email, and I went to IT Support and said “when can i get my ram”. It was 5:10pm. I was amazed that the office door was open, the light was on, and someone was there. He said, “Sure, bring it over.” I went back to my desk, shutdown applications for 5 minutes (brand new ThinkPads are slow), and noticed that he had emailed me before I visited him saying “what time is good for you on Monday.” Well, I was so happy to get it, I could wait till Monday.
I can’t wait to install the latest CTP .NET 2.0 applications in a VMWare session. I can test if I can use ASP.NET2.0 controls in Sharepoint 2003 WebParts. Anyone know if I can? mmm… generic development. Yes, I should probably be trying it all in Mono too. XSP2.0 is my target App Server for all my good homebrew stuff, but on the job it is IIS6 and .NET1.1. I’d like to get work to 2.0 as soon as it is released, and that means developing our stuff with it now. We shall see if I can justify it.
Spotted your comment on the T42 in a google search…figured I’d help you out here.
The T42 has two memory slots. The second is hidden under the keyboard. Remove the 4 screws on the underside that have the keyboard markings next to them, then pry the keyboard off by using a flat head screwdriver 1 inch to the left of the track-pad. You’ll see the second memory socket towards the back of the motherboard.