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Dec 14, 2011, 04:43 PM	#8
blibba Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oxford, UK Posts: 777 (0.59/day) Thanks: 109 Thanked 167 Times in 113 Posts System Specs	I'm curious as to why they went with 8 RAM slots.