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Simon Waters wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > >> I wonder how long it'll be before we start to see desktop boards that >> support that much. By my calculations my latest motherboards can >> support about 16GB assuming I stick in 4GB dimms, can't think what I'd >> need that much memory for though. >> > > GNOME 3 ? Windows 8? > > True, I guess it's bound to happen in the next few years. But at the moment I don't see that I'll need any more than 4GB Ram. Of course a few years back I didn't think I'd need more than 32MB :-) > As Gordon says people do that sized stuff. I know a bank that did it a > long time ago to have an entire database in RAM for performance reasons. > I'm guessing it needs to be making a lot of cash per decision to justify > that kind of hardware then. > > Yep I dare say they do. I've seen reviews of PCI ramdisk cards that appear to use DDR2 memory and are seen as a drive. Bet they run pretty quick :-) > If the desktop stays in fashion that long, you'll need somewhere to > backup your brain before each Google implant upgrades, but no doubt some > people will skip the back-up step. > That's bound to happen, maybe Microsoft might get there before Google though. I shudder at the thought. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html