More CORE!

That was the cry when a mainframe computer program would not run.  But in the olden days, the entire mainframe could have only 40 million words of memory, each word containing 36 bits.   Roughly 160 megabytes these days.  I have never worried about "more core" with PCs as they usually have plenty.  But I have been complaining lately about my Windows PCs as they all run slower than dirt.  The Unix based Mac runs fine on 512 MB and 8oo Mhz PowerPC.  My son in law Mike suggested "more core" and showed me an easy way to upgrade (crucial.com).  Or mostly easy!  IBM Thinkpad was no sweat, but the 2 HP computers needed a BIOS upgrade to handle the larger memory.  A fairly easy thing to do.  If you are going to upgrade, you might just as well upgrade the BIOS as well.

Things now run MUCH better!