Originally Posted by theFAILURE (Post 1281370)

You may have to take out your current ram to put the 2 new 1gb modules in there.

Chances are you only have 2 slots on your dell motherboard, one with 512mb and the other with 128mb.

Generic memory should be ok for you, it's not like you have a massive cad machine, or server.

Originally Posted by theFAILURE (Post 1281377)

You will not lose information. The Hard Drive is the mechanism that holds all your information.

Make sure the PC is off, and when replacing the modules be sure that the notches on the motherboard are matching the notches on the modules.

Don't force them, they should go in easily.

Originally Posted by theFAILURE (Post 1281347)

If you want to run OSX on a pc without it being virtual, you can do that too:

http://www.osx86project.org/

You can buy an Intel dual core PC (same cpu MAC uses) with a massive hard drive and 4gigs of ram for less than $1000.

A mac with those features would probably cost close to $2000 or more in some cases.

It's and interesting alternative if you are on a budget.

GIO, if you have a p4 2.66 you need standard ddr pc2700. That will be just fine in your dell, now you just have to decide how much you want, 512mb 1gb etc.

Originally Posted by nexialys (Post 1281948)

... any substitution is NEVER the same... osx86 is just a substitution for geeks...

bootcamp for Mac is not a random thing, it is a Microsoft product... built by Microsoft to fit in Apple products... (that's what we call partnerships...)