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BCsven
lemmy.ca
BCsven@lemmy.ca Joined: 2023-06-17 |
4.7 Gigs of RAM for about $5...so cheap right now |
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Multiplexer
discuss.tchncs.de
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de Joined: 2025-08-25 |
The way the prices are developing, at some point you will be more likely to be able to afford a RAM truck than enough RAM for a decent PC... |
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TachyonTele_Esq
piefed.social
TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social Joined: 2026-06-29 |
Just download more. What's the problem? |
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nuclearhammer
lemmy.ca
nuclearhammer@lemmy.ca Joined: 2026-08-29 |
Is there a significance to the RAM part of the name or did they just need to differentiate from DVD-ROM? CD-RW is basically the same thing, right? |
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ohulancutash
feddit.uk
ohulancutash@feddit.uk Joined: 2025-02-16 |
Is there a significance to the RAM part of the name or did they just need to differentiate from DVD-ROM? CD-RW is basically the same thing, right?
They were optimised to offer RAM capabilities. Much higher rewrite ceiling, write verification in hardware, no finalisation required etc. Discontinued in 2019. |
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BCsven
lemmy.ca
BCsven@lemmy.ca Joined: 2023-06-17 |
Is there a significance to the RAM part of the name or did they just need to differentiate from DVD-ROM? CD-RW is basically the same thing, right?
I think it was because people new the terms Read Only Memory and Random Access Memory, so they just grabbed RAM as a buzz word. DVD/CD-RW makes more sense really. Unless they were trying to bring attention to competition of tape storage being sequential access while DVD could be Random Access. |
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