The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    R61/t61 1.5gb Ram? Ok?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by tempoct, Oct 16, 2007.

  1. tempoct

    tempoct Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    158
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    My friend just got an R61 with only 512MB of memory (and T7100). He wants to get more memory. Do u suggest
    1. Put one more 1GB stick
    2. Throw away the 512MB and put two stick of 1GB
    3. Put one 2GB stick (cost much more than #2).

    He will be using Vista. Mostly office app. Some programming (Visual Studio). A little photo editing. Absolutely no hardcore game.

    BTW, I'm quite impress with the build of R61. Might get one soon also :)
     
    tempoct, Oct 16, 2007
    #1
  2. braddd

    braddd Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    44
    Messages:
    834
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    For vista, I think he should get TWO 1 gig sticks = 2gigs.

    Also, don't throw away the other stick, sell it :p
     
    braddd, Oct 16, 2007
    #2
  3. Benjamin Chin

    Benjamin Chin Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    13
    Messages:
    281
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I support the idea of 2 GB RAM in view of Vista. Most business users are comfortable with this quantity.

    Consider option 3 only if he intends to go beyond 2 GB, otherwise it is more economical to go with 2 x 1 GB.

    Besides the R61, you may like to consider options from T61 or T61p .


    rgds,
    Benjamin Chin
    17 Oct 07
     
    Benjamin Chin, Oct 16, 2007
    #3