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    Tecra A7 With 4GB DDR2 of RAM?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by SunShadow, Feb 8, 2006.

  1. SunShadow

    SunShadow Notebook Guru

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    I was just looking at the new A7 movie on Toshiba's site and found that it offers 4GB DDR2 of RAM. Is this possible? Is this true or was it a mess up on Toshiba's part?
     
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  2. xAMDvsIntelx

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    Yes - I've seen the same thing on Toshiba's US Site. I'm not too sure if this is true, however. I reviewed the specs on the A7 and found that it only has 2 RAM slots, so unless there's some mythical 2GB stick of RAM, this isn't possible.
     
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yes its true, the newer Intel chipset do support 4GB of RAM. But you"ll have to use 2X2GB sticks which is very very hard to find and for 99% of the notebook buyers out there having 4GB is waste of money.
     
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    Not to mention, you're going to pay a premium for 4GB of memory, not worth it in my opinion right now, maybe in 2-3 years, but definately overkill today. What would the price be like $250 a stick?
     
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    Honestly, it isn't worth getting the 4GBs of RAM. I'd guess the sticks cost more like 300-450 if they're so rare. Nice to know that a mainstream notebook does have the ability to run 4GBs of RAM though.
     
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