feldon23,

~$50 is TOO much money for a 256mb stick.
here, in HongKong, a 128mb stick simply cost around HK$100, that is around US$13 and US$25 on the 256mb stick. of coz it's is just a low quality CL3 sticks. however, if you wish to spend more for a faster (CL2) and for a brandname (aka Micron, NEC...etc), around US$33-35 make the deal.

it's too sad that my system can support only 512MB max!! (i815e)

Alex