> 
> For 350 GBP you can get a Core2Duo 2.4GHz machine with Vista, 2GB RAM, 
> 320GB, ATI HD3650 3D card, DVD writer etc.
> 
> When was the last time you checked the Dell website?

Last year. And for a machine much poorer than that, they were demanding 




>> "cheap".
> 
> When was that, 2 years ago?  Check again.

OK, now I am puzzled. When a built a PC last Autumn, I could only afford 
0.5 GB on the budget I had. When did RAM suddenly get this cheap??

>> 3. My motherboard (for an AMD socket-939 CPU) doesn't even *support* 
>> more than 4 GB of RAM.
> 
> And how old is that?  !!Newsflash!! new motherboards can support more!

OK, I'll give you that one. It seems that if you pay for a reasonably 
expensive board, it does in fact support as much as 8 GB.

>> 4. Why in the name of God would you even *need* that much RAM anyway? 
>> (Apart from the fact that Vista wastes it all for you.)
> 
> Vista doesn't actually waste it, it uses it to do clever stuff to help 
> things go faster.

...which somewhat contradicts your "if you don't have enough RAM than 
Vista goes really slow".



So basically, what we're saying is that RAM prices have suddenly gone 
down, and therefore vast amounts of RAM aren't "vast" any more because 
they don't cost much money?

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