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I run a lean machine; my CPU usage idles at 1-5% and is 15-45 during heavy application usage. I Also monitor my RAM usage and it never exceeds about 70-80 percent.
Does this mean that a 2Gb RAM upgrade wouldn’t do anything for me? Could extra RAM speed up my boot time?
It is most unlikely that extra RAM will reduce your boot time and there is a view that it reduces the time the NC10 will run on battery power.
If you run a lean machine and don’t intend to have several programs or browser tabs open simultaneously, then you are unlikely to benefit from 2GB of RAM.
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I run a lean machine; my CPU usage idles at 1-5% and is 15-45 during heavy application usage. I Also monitor my RAM usage and it never exceeds about 70-80 percent.Does this mean that a 2Gb RAM upgrade wouldn’t do anything for me? Could extra RAM speed up my boot time?
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A benefit of having 2GB is being able to disable XP page file relatively safely so there is less HDD access, possibly increasing battery life.
I was going to say something similar, more RAM can decrease HD read and write access thus saving power. However the new RAM may have a slightly increased power drain. I suspect that it won’t make a massive difference either way!
If I am honest I didn’t find that adding the RAM made a huge difference to normal use but I bet from time to time it has shown its benefit.
At current prices I would say it is worth getting anyway but you may well feel differently :). Check out my NC10 RAM experiences here.
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I was going to say something similar, more RAM can decrease HD read and write access thus saving power. However the new RAM may have a slightly increased power drain. I suspect that it won’t make a massive difference either way!If I am honest I didn’t find that adding the RAM made a huge difference to normal use but I bet from time to time it has shown its benefit.
[/quote1235729492]I agree, I just like having it in there to be honest, knowing that i’ve done all I can to maximise perfomance whilst not spending a fortune
Well at £16.99 Play.com are doing good deals on memory, it might not make a huge difference to performance, but then its so cheap its worth a punt.
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