I have read the questions on memory upgrades, but... i'm not sure how this applies to me. I am running Windows ME and I have 128mg ram. I am working a lot with digital pictures (on my laptop), and saving and zooming is very slow. I have (2) 64mg dimm chips and I believe that to upgrade I will have to deep six them and get two 128mg chips. Before I do that I want to make sure I'm not wasting money if the performance dosen't change much. No one at Dell seems to be able to give me a straight answer. I have read that Laptops, as well as Windows Me puts a big strain on memory.
Also, please note that I am not sure which video card I have.
Thanx so much for taking the time to read this!!!
This question was answered on April 12, 2001. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.
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Memory requirements depend on the computer's operating system and the application software you're using.
Windows 98 shows that performance improves at 64mb and beyond.
Baseline: 32mb - 64mb
Optimal: 128mb - 245mb
Students:
Light - Word processing, basic financial management, email and
other light Internet use
32mb - 64mb
Medium - Home office applications, games, Internet surfing,
downloading images, spreadsheets,presentations
64mb - 128mb
Heavy - Multimedia use such as video, graphics, music, voice
recognition, design, complex images use
128mb - 384mb
Home:
Light - Word prcessing, basic financial management, email and other
light Internet use
32mb - 64mb
Medium - Home office applications, games, Internet surfing,
downloading images, spreadsheets,presentations
48mb - 64mb
Heavy - Multimedia use such as video, graphics, music, voice
recognition, design, complex images
64mb - 128mb
SEE URLs: http://www.kingston.com http://www.microsoft.com
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Posted by Swanya of Chandler-Gilbert Community College on April 12, 2001
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