[ltp] ThinkPad 600... Xubuntu... Maxxed Out Memory

[Simon Royal]

Hi.
I have read that the 600 will not take anymore than 288MB. It will not work=
 with 256MB sticks=2C which is a shame as if it would I would get some for =
it.
The 600E and 600X are different.
Simon Royal

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> From: dchallet@onetel.com
> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
> Subject: Re: [ltp] ThinkPad 600... Xubuntu... Maxxed Out Memory
> Date: Wed=2C 3 Mar 2010 19:45:46 +0100
>
>> Hi
>> I have been running my ThinkPad 600 300Mhz P2 with 160MB of RAM with
>> Xubuntu 9.10. It has been an ok experience. Better than you think. Bette=
r
>> than Windows XP. I ordered another 128MB RAM stick and it arrived today.
>> So it is now maxxed to 288MB and I must say it runs a lot better. It boo=
ts
>> a lot faster and web browsing it a lot better. It doesn't seem to be
>> accessing the hard drive so much=2C which is a good thing. On a whole
>> Xubuntu at such a low spec runs very well=2C but I recommend using the
>> alternative CD which has a text based installer rather than the pretty
>> Ubiquity installer from the regular Ubuntu/Xubuntu CD. As it installs a
>> lot faster. I have gotten quite attached to this little beast and with t=
he
>> extra RAM it makes it a lot nicer to use. I shall be keeping it a lot
>> longer.
>
> if than be of any help=2C in fact you can add even more memory (at least =
with a
> 600E)=2C I had about 480Mb for a while without a problem=3B some people h=
ad even
> more than that (get low-density ram sticks=2C though).
>
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