Will I need a hardrive to go with this laptop?

[Casio]

4GB or over, just sayin'

With 3GB of RAM 32-BIT will only recognise/use 2GB so 3GB is pointless so yea, 4GB or over

[triston220]

Just for clarification, I've got around 40 albums in iTunes which only just takes up more than 2GB of storage space.

[Recursion]

With 3GB of RAM 32-BIT will only recognise/use 2GB so 3GB is pointless so yea, 4GB or over

32-bit can support 4GB RAM including all other system and video memory. Assuming you don't have a graphics card, 32bit will use 4GB. This is why if you have a 512MB graphics card you only see 3.5GB under a 32bit OS.

[Shox]

32-bit can support 4GB RAM including all other system and video memory. Assuming you don't have a graphics card, 32bit will use 4GB. This is why if you have a 512MB graphics card you only see 3.5GB under a 32bit OS.

You can survive on 1gig of RAM, it's entirely possible, obviously you wouldn't be able to play video games, just basic surfing, but Windows 7 isn't the memory hog that is Windows Vista. Also, 32bit can support up to 4gigs, but you won't see all of that because of video card limitations, unless of course, your video card has a dedicated graphics memory.

Anyway, on topic, you'll be fine with 320gigs unless you download a hell of a lot of movies, then I'd consider a external HD.

[Recursion]

You can survive on 1gig of RAM, it's entirely possible, obviously you wouldn't be able to play video games, just basic surfing, but Windows 7 isn't the memory hog that is Windows Vista. Also, 32bit can support up to 4gigs, but you won't see all of that because of video card limitations, unless of course, your video card has a dedicated graphics memory.

Anyway, on topic, you'll be fine with 320gigs unless you download a hell of a lot of movies, then I'd consider a external HD.

Wrong again.

Also, the difference between 1GB and 2GB RAM in Windows 7 is most definitely noticeable.

[Shox]

Wrong again.

Also, the difference between 1GB and 2GB RAM in Windows 7 is most definitely noticeable.

Obviously more RAM would have a affect on performance, no one is doubting that, but your statement, "4gigs+," is a very broad statement. From what was stated in this thread, the user here does not need 4+ gigs memory! I'd love to see some type of article or proof from a legitimate source that says I'm, "wrong again."

[Recursion]

Obviously more RAM would have a affect on performance, no one is doubting that, but your statement, "4gigs+," is a very broad statement. From what was stated in this thread, the user here does not need 4+ gigs memory! I'd love to see some type of article or proof from a legitimate source that says I'm, "wrong again."

The point is, in your last post you said:

Also, 32bit can support up to 4gigs, but you won't see all of that because of video card limitations, unless of course, your video card has a dedicated graphics memory.

32bit can support up to, and, 4GB of RAM, you will see all of that. You don't see all of that because your video card has dedicated GPU memory, so really, you were wrong twice in that one post.

On topic, OP should definitely upgrade to 1GB RAM, 2GB would do just fine, but remember 4GB is pretty much standard nowadays.

[Shox]

The point is, in your last post you said:


[/B]32bit can support up to, and, 4GB of RAM, you will see all of that. You don't see all of that because your video card has dedicated GPU memory, so really, you were wrong twice in that one post.

On topic, OP should definitely upgrade to 1GB RAM, 2GB would do just fine, but remember 4GB is pretty much standard nowadays.

If you have a dedicated graphics memory card, it has it's own memory built in...

[Recursion]

If you have a dedicated graphics memory card, it has it's own memory built in...

Yes, and the system takes that into account. Graphics memory takes precedence over system RAM, hence if you have 4GB RAM and a 512MB GPU, the system will be using 4GB RAM (512MB from the GPU and 3.5GB from the RAM).

Similarly, if you have a 1GB Graphics card and 4GB RAM you'll only see 3GB usable RAM (system will take the 1GB Gfx memory before system RAM, so it'll use 1GB of gfx memory and 3GB of system RAM to make 4GB)

[Shox]

Yes, and the system takes that into account. Graphics memory takes precedence over system RAM, hence if you have 4GB RAM and a 512MB GPU, the system will be using 4GB RAM (512MB from the GPU and 3.5GB from the RAM).

Similarly, if you have a 1GB Graphics card and 4GB RAM you'll only see 3GB usable RAM (system will take the 1GB Gfx memory before system RAM, so it'll use 1GB of gfx memory and 3GB of system RAM to make 4GB)

That's for integrated cards hun