Presenting… the last strip before I head out to the west coast on a much-needed vacation. Inks and colors will happen soon (as per usual). And we have a winner in the PC Weenies Holiday Caption Contest – Kevin Smith!

Congratulations Kevin!

-Krishna
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It’s the holiday season – and I wanted to give my Mac Pro a gift for its dedicated service for the past 3 years. So last week, I ordered 2x2GB memory sticks from site sponsor Other World Computing. This brings the total memory of my system up to 14GB.

The reason for this upgrade?

My computer had a tendency to exhaust all its available RAM (thanks to the myriad of graphics programs I run concurrently on my system) to the point where the OS began using virtual RAM (aka my solid state drive’s limited space) to compensate.

The extra 4GB of RAM should alleviate that issue. The OWC RAM came within a few days and installation was as simple as snapping the extra modules into one of the memory riser cards. All 14GB were recognized when I powered the Mac Pro on.

With memory prices so incredibly cheap, adding more RAM seems to be a no-brainer of an upgrade.

-Krishna
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Earlier this week, I ordered two 2 GB memory cards for my Mac Pro from OWC. The new RAM arrived this morning. I currently run a machine with 6GB of RAM, but I needed an additional 4GB because of all the memory intensive applications I have open simultaneously.

The RAM install will happen tomorrow. The geek in me is looking forward to it.

-Krishna

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