Original sentence: Standard memory was 128 MB for the 8000 and 256 MB for the 8100 (Upgradeable to a maximum of 512 MB of RAM)
Edited sentence: I have 2 inspiron 8000's 1 recognizes 1gb,the other one only sees the 2 512mb cards as 256mb each).Standard memory was 128 MB for the 8000 and 256 MB for the 8100 (Upgradeable to a maximum of 512 MB of RAM,some support 1gb,but depends on the actual computer