Yes - I *think* the main gain comes from the build process not having to put anything on my swap space.
I was able to upgrade my 8500 with 8 of the 128 MB DIMMs at about $30-35 per DIMM. I think it's even a little cheaper now, even if you buy them new. When you are ready, take a look at http://www.macseek.com/ to get an idea of what kind of prices you can your DIMMs at. cheers vinai On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 14:20:05 -0600, vinai composed: > >> (both 4.5 GB 4200 or 5400 RPM drives, can't remember right now). >> But I have a G3 375 MHz CPU (512 KB L2 cache) and 1 GB RAM, and >> those let me get kernel compile times under 20 minutes. >> >> cheers > vinai > > ah, there, in the end it *is* the RAM (and CPU) that makes the > difference. and yeh, IDE cards and disks are cheaper, but i'm > kinda attached to SCSI disks. and i'd rather spend the money on > RAM regardless, since even for an older box, it's cheaper - i > don't have many options - buying a new disk is not in my price > range, but more RAM is.
