Yes since only some OS only recognize so much ram and the motherboard maybe outdated

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Originally posted by chinamon theres no point for me to max it out because i plan on using xp with sp3. no vista for me. 2gb ram is more than enough for me. i dont do that much with photoshop anyway. hell, i barely even know how to use it. lol.

But RAM for 3-4 year old machines is so cheap now, it's well worth it! Just the limitless multitasking alone (hellooooo Firefox eternal memory leak) makes it a no-brainer.

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Originally posted by Orko Buying new computers is for suckers (seriously).

Sorry, but this is kind of an incorrect statement. Maybe for your regular everyday usage that includes word processing, maybe some light encoding, surfing, and everyday general usage, your statement may apply.

There are plenty of applications available that will simply NOT RUN EFFECTIVELY, or just not run period, on obsolete hardware.

Anyways, as for your upgrade, your question has more or less been answered. COnsidering the age of your laptop, spending money on upgrades is kind of throwing money away. Your best bet is just to run with 1GB of ram, buy a new HDD, and a clean OS install, and you should be ok for a little while longer. Depending on which OS you are running, there are several small things you can do to 'optimize' the OS. I use that term 'optomize' loosely, as mostly its messing around with which services need to be running, and enabling/disabling dependancies, which may grant you marginal improvements at best, but hey, its there to be used, so try it out. PM if you need info.

you could try installing a linux distro like Ubuntu. it comes with open office and a bunch of other useful stuff. you won't even have to up the RAM and it'll still run faster than Windows. lol. if you have enough HD space to spare do a dual boot install and see how you like it.

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Originally posted by devnull id say add a least 1 GB and reinstall windows. Also, id advise to switch to the win2000 theme and turn off the extra visual stuff. windows tends to run slower over time. your main reason to add ram would be to minimize paging to the hard drive, which is slow. 512MB is quite small in current days. XP runs barely on 512, let alone having msn, many browser windows open, doing word docs, etc. So added ram will help multitask more. Most of the applications run on a normal desktop are not CPU intensive anyways.

Huh? I have 512MB RAM and I run WinXP with everything maxed out with only occasional hiccups. XP runs fine on 512.

Edit: should add though, doing a clean sweep (format + reinstall) every once in a while is what keeps it running lean.

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Originally posted by Tordan you could try installing a linux distro like Ubuntu. it comes with open office and a bunch of other useful stuff. you won't even have to up the RAM and it'll still run faster than Windows. lol. if you have enough HD space to spare do a dual boot install and see how you like it.

Lol, look at the caliber of the question being asked. I'm quite experienced with this stuff and even I gave up on Ubuntu after trying to config everything.

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i have a 512 ram ddr 2700 for laptops laying on a rack somewhere.... want it?

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OLD RAM is never cheap

like others said make sure you don't get too much, some motherboards don't support too much, you will have constant blue screens and errors

i double checked before upgrading, i had 512 and i upgraded to 2 gig which is max for my laptop

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Originally posted by E2EK1EL OLD RAM is never cheap

One of the few right answers in this thread

Also yes, theoretically the 64-bit Windows flavours can address up to 16 exabytes of RAM, but Microsoft has limited them to 128GB apiece.

Typical Trance addict threads, so much incorrect information I really want to cry.

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Originally posted by spolitta Typical Trance addict threads, so much incorrect information I really want to cry.

spiders ate the chicken. your answer is 17+2=cats.

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Originally posted by Lightshow i wear sunglasses for the same reason everybody wears them in a club. 1: people look cool in sunglasses 2: it gets awefully bright as the night progresses

*nusty does not wear sunglasses at night, they make it hard to see and you could trip

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Originally posted by Cosmic Fur Huh? I have 512MB RAM and I run WinXP with everything maxed out with only occasional hiccups. XP runs fine on 512. Edit: should add though, doing a clean sweep (format + reinstall) every once in a while is what keeps it running lean.

Yeah, I do use some analysis programs that are slightly different than the norm. I will have to look into this clean install thing.

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Lol, look at the caliber of the question being asked.

lol, i take offence.