>>>>>There are promotions on Best Buy for 2GB of memory. He wants to buy one and I have hard time convincing him that 2GB is not enough. 4GB costs ~150$ more.
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>>>>Why are you trying to convince him? Haven't you learned the favorite female expression "I told you so!" <bg>
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>>>Since it would be spending our money, I don't like it.
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>>>When I go to a store, I would mostly buy the things which are on sale. When he goes to a store, he will buy stuff he likes regardless wheither it's on sale or not.
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>>And yet he does not want to spend extra 150 on 4GB.
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>That's a lot of money for a 2GB upgrade. The retail part is only about $15:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=laptop+memory+upgrade>
>Sometimes you also get other upgrades such as a bigger HD, at that higher price, which might help justify it.
This is what Naomi said; that the 4GB PC would be about $150 more. I have no idea. But now (since I am dealing with the problem in the other thread) I may go ahead and buy all new memory chips. Or maybe even new computer.
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