yeah.

i liked the idea of buying something out of the packaging, but, even so, it's a crapshoot. i'll do that over kijiji...

if i can get a couple for $5-10 and they last a few years, i'll figure out what to do when i get there.

otherwise, that old machine is nearly maxed. it has the 1 gb max. it's running a pIII-500, which is not maxed, but i don't see much value in going through the hassle of taking a working chip out of a 20 year-old board. that would be kind of daft.

so, that's decided. and, on to fixing up the vista laptop....