ram question

That would be cool. I've never heard of nor seen anything like that.

 

No, it couldn't work. RAM works at such a high speed that you can't
make a cable. In fact one has to use special care when designing the
traces in the printed circuit board. If you want to put a lot of slots
on the main board then you have to go to expensive schemes like those
used in the Mac Pro.

Your best use of the old RAM is to find a machine with a 256MB part in
it and swap it out for your 512MB part. Or just sell it on the forum here

 

If I couldn't use it I would sell it, because if it just sits around it'll become damaged. And the price of RAM just keeps getting cheaper and cheaper so you might as well make a little bit of money on it while you can.

 

You indeed will be able to. Last spring I bought an SD card for my camera for $60 then barely a year later they were down to $20. And I can buy an 80GB iPod for the same price I paid for my 30GB one a year ago. It's insane how quickly these prices are dropping.