How much RAM does your current laptop have? - 2014 edition

I think I covered most of the common configurations, but if your RAM capacity falls in between one of these categories (e.g. 12 GB), then please vote "Other" and post a reply. Also, if you have more than 1 laptop, then please vote according to the specs of your primary laptop

 

32GB and it's just enough for my usage scenarios. I do a lot of virtualization and network simulations, so I need that much, or even more. When/if 16GB DDR3 modules become widely available (at a reasonable cost) and if my laptop supports it, I will upgrade straight away. University related stuff, I need it for studying.

EDIT: I should probably mention that I do not have a desktop PC. My Clevo P170EM is my primary system.

 

4GB though I probably don't even need that... I'm using like 2GB right now with like my usual amount of stuff open.

Afaik, the last time this thread ran by far the most common flavor was 4GB, but that was at least a year or two ago...

 

8Gb is more than enough for me on the Laptop.
16Gb is very good on the desktop since I always have like 20+ tabs open in chrome at any one time. Probably won't go to 32gb since I'm cheap and don't want to pay more for Windows 7 Pro.

 

16GB. Wouldn't have any less. Although my Vaio Pro only has 4GB and it manages daily tasks just fine.

 

I second this. Putting all my virtualization aside, I wouldn't settle for less than 16GB in my primary system (gaming!), although mu secondary laptop has only 4GB, which suffices for light Web browsing and MS Office document creation.

 

I've got anywhere from 2GB in my old A31p and T43p to 16GB in the W510.

However, I've voted 8GB since my "main" laptop (a custom T61) runs on 8GB. My official work laptop (CF-31) as well as my "personal" work machine (CF-52) have the same amount.

 

This

But only because I use my laptop for media creation.

Although in practical since it is rare to use much more than 4GB of ram. In fact, most of the computers at the schools I've attended only have only 4 where Adobe applications are taught. And since 64 bit OS is relatively recent, you can certainly get by with a lot less.

Having more simply makes the tasks a lot easier and certainly a lot more convenient -- at least for the moment. But since things will only get more complex as 4k becomes more prevalent, I certainly hope computer manufacturers and CPU designers are working on increasing that now antiquated (for content creators anyway) 32 limit for the next generation of laptops.

That, and the adaption of a 4k display are really the only two things that would compel me to upgrade.

Oh you can have many more than that. And the ram usage would still be negligible. The only program that has ever maxed my system is After Effects (and I suppose C4D but I just started to learn that). No other applications even come close.

 

16 GB in my P170HM because I can.

 

8GB as stated in signature, since this is the maximum amount that this laptop supports. If it would do 16GB I'd have that. Matter of fact I have 2x8GB sticks laying around here waiting to be used.
~Aeny

 

16 GB in my MacBook Pro, a) because I could and it was cheap at the time and b) because that's the most the machine will support.

 

W520 has 12GB of RAM, which is a bit of a waste since I rarely use the majority of that. Neither does my brother, who pushes the system harder with AutoCAD, Solidworks, and the like (small projects, however). Was my primary system for about a year and a half.

X61t has 4GB of RAM, and was my primary system for about a year before the OEM battery crapped out.

T100 has 2GB of RAM, which is plenty for what I use it for. Current primary portable.

 

Sticking with 8GB of RAM because I really don't need more than 6GB, and the price of DDR3 RAM has gone up significantly. DDR4 is only going to get even more expensive for 2-3 years after its first introduction to the consumer market.

 

I may as well pipe in too, many here know my heavy usage. my new toy which I am testing out is running 64 ( trust me 16GB sticks are hard to get and pricey ). The majority of my portable workstations are running 32. I even run 16 in my x230 in the rare case I need it to do a fast and dirty video edit.

I think it may have been longer than that, I remember that thread from when my 8740W was current and members needed photos of its motherboard to show it had 4 DIMM slots.

 

32 GB because I sometimes have a need for it.

I managed to dig up the 2010 edition of this poll: http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...you-have-your-notebook-2010-2011-edition.html. A quote from the old thread to put things in perspective:

I also took the liberty of renaming the thread, Peon if this annoys you, let me know and I'll switch it back to the original title.

 

Came with 6 GB of Hynix RAM when I bought it.. Replaced the 2GB Stick with a 8GB Crucial Stick which I got new for £30.. What a steal it was... Enjoying the 12GB now..

 

My HP ProBook 4430S has 4 GB RAM. My Dell Latitude E5510 has 2 GB RAM. Plan on upgrading both laptops to 8 GB RAM since both can be. Both have 64 Bit Windows 7 installed (HP Home Premium, Dell has Professional)

 

32GB in my Thinkpad W530 because it was the most I could put in and I wanted the system to be more futureproof. In actual usage, I could have gotten by with 16GB, as I haven't used more than 12GB at a time so far.

 

8gigs. I've never gone above 7 with my current setup, so it's fine for me. Odd virtualization and photo editing, mainly media consuming. Also Firefox seems to has "improved" in the later revisions. Before it would gradually get to ~3GB over a week of up-time (and triple digit tabs (bookmarks, whaaa?)) and then add some more as the time passes. Now it just crashes when it gets to the 3GB mark

 

2Gb in an Acer Chromebook C720 running Xubuntu 14.04.

Perfect! Speedy performance with lots of open Firefox tabs, plus butter-smooth Humble Bundle games.

I upgraded from 8Gb in an Acer AO756. The Xubuntu Chromebook is far faster in every way.

These Haswell Celeron processors are amazing! Very fast and cool running.

 

8GB currently

 

8GB in my laptop (4GB soldered + 4GB 1600 1.35 stick).
16GB of 2133MHz DDR3 in my desktop, but I picked 8GB cause laptops

 

I chose "Other" because I have multiple laptops, most of which have different amounts of RAM.

Early 2014 MacBook Air 11"- 4GB PC3-12800 (soldered)
Early 2011 MacBook Pro 17" - 8GB PNY PC3-10600 (2x 4GB)
Dell Precision M4500 - 4GB Hynix PC3-10600 (2x 2GB)

I have a number of older laptops. The most any of them have is 2GB DDR2 with the lowest being 64MB PC-66.

 

8GG is kinda enough for me, i will go 16GB in next one though.

 

24GB (3 x 8GB) cause it was cheap. 2GB on venue8 and it ran out so fast ==

 

The same as in the previous poll - 4 GB. Only 3.5 GB is accessible since I have a 32-bit OS installed, but I figure that I'd lose much of the additional 512 MB by switching to 64-bit anyway, as well as the ability to play old games such as Sim Ant. 4 GB is actually more than sufficient for what I do on the laptop nowadays. Usually that's either surfing the web from my sofa, playing games at a LAN, or light use while away from home.

 

You still play sim ant?


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16GB just because and dual channel.

 

That's definitely an interesting configuration - what made you decide to trade off dual channel for more capacity?

 

You don't lose dual channel, it just will only dual channel 16GB of the 24GB.

 

Well, I don't have extra sticks laying around, so I am stuck with 3.(brought one stick back in the day, then a kit)

The first 16GB come in dual, but I don't think dual channel make "much" difference in most situation anyways.

 

Dual channel really doesn't do anything non-trivial, at least in anything I've done.

 

Good thread, these are always fun to revisit over the years. Here's the one from 2006:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...uch-ram-do-you-have-your-laptop-old-poll.html

...and 2007:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...-how-much-ram-do-you-have-your-laptop-14.html

...and 2009:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...ow-much-ram-do-you-have-your-laptop-ii-6.html

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I have 8GB in my 2010 circa laptop, which technically was 4GB up until a few months ago when I installed a 64 bit OS. It seems sufficient for my needs, the most strenuous of which is PS CS5E where I see the RAM peak (for my usage) around 5-6GB w/ several RAW images open and many history states.

 

4GB in my T500, which I guess is still my primary at-home laptop. 12GB (8GB + 4GB soldered) in my T440s.

 

8gb in my precision m6600 - my workflow are basic office scenarios and more than enough for my games.
Gf had 4gb in her elitebook 8530p - more than enough for her translating needs an browsing the interwebs.

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well, voted just yesterday, but my old and shiny Sony Vaio EB still hast those 4 GB of RAM it had, when I bought it back in *scratches his head* 2009 ...

 

Work laptop is getting by with 4GB of RAM, it seems.

 

My work laptop is a different story than my home one. The home one is fine with 4 GB; the work laptop needs more with 8 GB. Part of it is the integrated graphics eating up RAM, but most of it is the development work I do simply needs more like 10 GB sometimes. I think I might be able to convince our IT guy to bump it up to at least 12 this summer, though.

Haha, not really. I think I fired it up once last year, but I haven't played a real game of it in years. But I like to have the option of playing those old Maxis games. Sim Tower is another one that I may well play again at some point. And in the non-Maxis category, Civilization II has a 16-bit installer, and I plan to try that some day.

I did figure out how to get Oregon Trail II to work on a 64-bit OS, however, despite its 16-bit installer. And I did play some OT2 last year.

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16GB on my GT60. That's my primary machine. Enough for gaming and 2 VMs running at the same time
128GB in the HP server at work

 

16 Gigs and wanting 32. I have way too many VMs running on this thing...

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what if i have 5gb of ram? also what if i have more than laptop?

 

I'd pick what is the most representative. I mean, I have laptops with 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 Gb and 32 GB; but I picked 32 because that is the laptop that I use the most often.

 

Both situations are covered in the initial post

 

My T410 has 8GB and is my primary machine.

My E6520 has 16GB and is my backup machine. It's a heavy beast so I only take it on-site if I have to. Otherwise I take the T410 with me everywhere I go. It has more than enough power to handle 99% of my IT related tasks and even some light gaming.

 

Clevo P150Hm primary machine. I mostly code and need virtualization/multitask so i have 16Gb


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One with 16GB and another with 8GB.

 

8GB. I haven't had need for more. I can run multiple VMs at once with 8GB and I haven't needed more.

In two years I'll probably upgrade to 16GB if it's cheap enough but I certainly see no reason to go beyond 8GB right now.

I might be able to squeeze a bit of more RAM, given that I do a lot of work with VMs and compiling large projects, but nothing to justify the cost right now.

 

Got 8 on my lenovo ideapad. Upgrading to 16gb soon.

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8gb on my m15x no intention to upgrade any time soon.


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Having my motherboard replaced so I'll have the 12GB RAM which I have currently moved to the slots which the keyboard is on top of and will have the spare 2GB stick which I have inserted for a total of 14GB of RAM...