w7j only upgradeable to 1.5gb?! is that enough?

I was about to order the w7j but i noticed that it's only upgradeable up to 1.5 gb compared to 2 gb on a8jm. I was debating between the a8jm and w7j but couldn't decide until yesterday. i was about to order the w7j but it's only upgradeable up to 1.5 gb.. is that enough for me to last up to next 4 years???

thanks.

 

Yes, 1.5gb is fine, unless you will be pushing the computer to the hard max. But for daily use and gaming (2+ hrs on appropriate settings) and maybe mild GPU intense application, it should be enough.

For longetivity wise, can't say. I have been using 1gb ram on my desktop(s) of almost 4 years its been fine with me, but can't say about you.

 

It depends on what you do with it. Personally I think it's more than enough. Majority of mainstream laptop users have only 1 gig of ram right now.

 

1.5 Gigs will be fine. Anything that is going to use more than 1.5 gigs is probably going to be too much (in the future) for the laptop to handle anyways...

 

Yeah on the other hand if ur playing games that need that much ram, u'd need better than 7400Go for video card anyway .

Maybe if you do some insane graphic rendering of sorts. But why'd you do that on a laptop anyway.

 

...um yeah, w7j for portability, but i think 14in is the best size; where portablity, power, and gpu meet.

 

thanks for your replies guys. i think i'm gonna get the w7j. hope it will last me the next 4 years.

 

I think when 2gb modules come up and a bios update is here, you can support 2.5gb. There is no reason not to.

 

quite honestly, I have a strong feeling you, along with most people won't use it for 4 years, maybe 3 tops.. but probably 2.

 

any laptop can last 4 years. just dont expect it to run the latest software as fast as when you first get it. i mean a pentium 266mhz will run windows xp and office and internet.

 

While I hate to admit it, I think you're right. I love to have the newest things! 1 year after I get my laptop, I'll be looking at all the new technologies that are being developed and want to upgrade. I was hoping for 3-4 years, but 2 is probably most realistic.

 

Hello! Newbie here *waves* I've narrowed down my laptop search between the Sony SZ and the W7J. But I'm leaning towards W7J because Asus laptops seem more stable and Asus seems to have better customer support (based on the feedback here anyway). For that I'm willing to deal with the slightly extra weight

Could someone please clarify this for me:

So the 1.5gb capacity of the W7J comprises of 1GB of soldered memory + 512mb module that can be added later?

Why are some people bothered by the fact that the memory is soldered? I generally don't disassemble my laptop...so I'm not sure if this is a deal breaker.

Is it true that theoretically, we can add 2GB memory sticks to expand the memory?

I look forward to your feedback. Thanks!

 

I believe that the W7J has 512mb soldered on, with another 512mb stick that can be removed for upgrades? So if you bought a 1gb stick, you'd have 1gb + 512mb soldered on = 1.5gb max.

Can someone confirm this?

 

You won't go wrong with the W7j - it's a beautiful machine and I'm thankful every day that I got it. I looked at the Sony's but they're not even close.

 

That is correct.

 

i guess you guys are right about the 4 year thing. i've had my thinkpad for 3 years and that was pushing it. haha. thanks for your inputs. i will be getting the w7j within couple days.

 

The difference between 1.5gb and 2gb is not that great... it's like an upgrade between 765mb an 1gb..... if you have 512 in your system, adding a 512mb module will be close to a 256mb module and adding 512 would make you run in dual channel mode... so 99% of people would just go with the 512mb. However, either way, between 768 and 1024, there isn't much you're going to see performance wise.

Likewise, if you have a 1gb stick in your system and you want to upgrade, a 1gb stick isn't that much more than a 512mb stick and you could run dual channel... as overrated as dual channel is on the new systems.... people would go that route... but there isn't much difference.

On a W7, you've got 512mb on board and a 512mb stick. So you've got 1gb out of the box running in dual channel mode. I wouldn't take the 512mb stick out and through in a 1gb stick - at least until you can prove to yourself that you need it...... but if you could hold out, in a couple years 2gb sticks will be cheap and you could upgrade that to 2.5gb if you wanted...

 

Any gizmo we buy is obsolete the moment we press the Submit Payment button in the shopping cart

 

... yeah you could certainly say that, but it doesn't mean that a system from last year isn't going to be more than enough for someone to last the next few years with..... and same goes for today. Merom isn't going to magically get you a couple more years out of your system though... I know a lot of people may think that, but you've got to be realistic.

 

Yes...merom and yohan are both based on the core architecture...thus the reason why there is only a slight increase in preformance between the two....its not like going from a p4 to core2duo....same goes for memory as justin said....although for some reason I just like the sound of 2gb...nice round number....if feels good to say it...unlike 1.5 which is abit weird and gets stuck in the back of the throat...bit like a crusty loogies! Maybe thats why people seemed to be concerned about this....dont want there notebook to be associated with loogies.... lol
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just wondering.. why is it soldered on? what were they thinking? what are the benefits of having it soldered on?

 

A few reasons actually...... one, size of the chassis - fitting in an access door in an appropriate place and it takes up less of a footprint than a socket and a dimm would.... and two, thickness of the chassis - it takes up 1/3 of the height to solder memory on the board... and three, it's cheaper - for $1499 that's a hell of a package to begin with... that's one way the cost is dropped.

Asus only does this on their tiny systems...... The W7 would be the largest of them all, but they've done it on the W5 / S5 / M5 for years now. The one plus of the slightly bigger system is that the open dimm is a regular sized so-dimm instead of a u-dimm (or microdimm as they are)... this allows for cheaper and larger upgrades.

 

Actually, only the Merom is based on Intel's new Core microarchitecture. The Yonah is really just two modified Pentium M on one die (it's based on the Banias/Dothan microarchitecture).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core

 

well...
conroe/merom is basically an improved yonah. yonah is basically 2 dothans, and banias/dothan is basically an improved pentium III. funny how the latest processors that are breaking benchmark records like they're free are still based on pentium III...

 

Yeah, that's an interesting point. Taking your line of thought even further, the Pentium III is really just a Pentium II with the addition of SSE and improved cache controller, and the Pentium II is based on a modified version of the Pentium Pro (the P6 core).

So one can say that the latest processors that everyone is so impressed with is really based on a microarchitecture that is 11 years old. Not that there's anything intrinsically wrong with that.

 

hey if it works...