I was in the big city this afternoon, circa 2:00 p.m. central time, 1:00 p.m. mountain time, looking over an array of used computers for sale by the regional technical college.
I'm still using this library computer with Windows98, and the nephew has gotten me one more up-to-date, but he's in Omaha and it's a long drive out here (especially if one has no reason other than to see me, to come out here), and so that won't get here until sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Anyway, so I thought it would be a good idea to have a "spare," something a little bit less than what the nephew has, but much more than what this with Windows98 has; since winter's here now in the Sandhills of Nebraska, it's always good to have a "spare" of just about anything and everything.
I went to this technical college, where in an auditorium, they had tables and tables of computers. I was interested only in those with Windows XP or Windows Vista, which was about 75% of them, for sale anywhere between $20 and $200.
However.
I was told the computers are sold minus "memory."
Oops. I don't know anything about that, so I passed.
Was that smart, or is installing "memory" something a person of only casual knowledge of computers can do?