If you were more enterprising Mr. Horton, you probably could have purchased the same model as your 7 y/o laptop, swapped the RAM and then resold the laptop.
Too bad it is old tech. I have the two 2gb chips that came with my laptop sitting around here some where. I would have sold them to you for $45.
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Thinking of cracked-out and/or tweaking whores getting their throats and asses brutalized for the next hit makes me hard. --Rear Admiral