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    Any reasons to get more the 2GB RAM for Vista?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by techman41973, Dec 15, 2007.

  1. techman41973

    techman41973 Notebook Consultant

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    I am getting an M1330 soon and decide on 2GB of RAM.
    Just wondering in what situations would more the 2GB be helpfull.
    I do keep many applications running in the background.
    Just to note I will be getting the discrete Nvidia graphics option which doesnt hog system resources.
    Thanks
     
    techman41973, Dec 15, 2007
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  2. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    With Vista there's superfetch. So the more ram the better.
     
    f4ding, Dec 15, 2007
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  3. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    phote shop and big time multitasking, but for the most part 2gb if fine for everyone.
     
    yuio, Dec 15, 2007
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  4. Endless9930

    Endless9930 Newbie

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    Playing Oblivion smoothly , i guess 2 GB is enough.

    Normally Vista takes around 600MB of memory , hopefully SP1 ( Final Version ) Will boost the performance and uses less Memories :D
     
    Endless9930, Dec 15, 2007
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  5. lozanogo

    lozanogo Notebook Deity

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    As of now, 2GB RAM are more than enough, in the future you may need more. Therefore: get more RAM in the future, not now.
     
    lozanogo, Dec 15, 2007
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  6. Endless9930

    Endless9930 Newbie

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    2nd , since you can put on the ram yourself , you can buy 2GB ram ( In the future , the ram will be cheap , even laptops ram , trust me ) , and upgrade the laptop yourself.

    Save $$ :D
     
    Endless9930, Dec 15, 2007
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  7. A Led Rock

    A Led Rock Notebook Evangelist

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    ya 2gb is fine for now it;ll have u running most everything smoother than uhhh butter....
     
    A Led Rock, Dec 15, 2007
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