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    Do I NEED 1GB of RAM?

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by inkyquills, Jun 18, 2005.

  1. inkyquills

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    I'm going to buy a Fujitsu S6000/7000 (don't know which one yet) and I'm having a problem deciding on how much RAM I need. I'm considering either 512MB, 768MB, or 1GB of RAM. I will be using my laptop mainly for heavy internet surfing with hispeed, lots and lots of word documenting, lots of DVD/media usage and occasional image editing and such. Which would you guys reccomend me to have?
     
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    It depends on how much ram it comes with on how many dimms. If it's 512 on 2 dimms (256 x 2) get a 512 on one dimm for 768 and sell the other 256. If it has 512 on 1 dimm then go for 1G.

    768mb or 1G will be plenty for what you want to do with your rig.

    Tony



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    Get 512MB in one piece. If you find you need more, buy one more 512MB yourslef and install it. This is the cheapest way + you will only get what you need. A 512MB costs no more than 50-60 $ from newegg or other online stores.

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    I looked into the same thing, and decided on the 768 given the pricing differential- $75 to upgrade from 512 to 768, but $200 from 512 to 1 gig; everyone says for the same type of use you are discussing even 512 should be fine, but since it shares RAM for video, I thought 768 was a safer bet. The good thing is you can't really make a mistake- upgrading it later is cheaper than the upgrade price anyway, and it is relatively easy. Personally, I thought the money was best used towards the faster processor for $200 more on the S7020D
     
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    there is a window on the bottom of the laptop. Its cover can be removed by removing 2 screws. After that you just slide in the memory module and click it into place. ie. it's pretty simple, and no need to take anything apart to do the upgrade.

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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by qwester
     
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    it's better to have to ram stick of the same size for the DDR thing no? then 768 isn't as good an idea
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by Spare Tire
     
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