Quick Question Ram/Vista

I just received a Lenovo X61 tablet pc

Specs as follow:

T7700 core2 1.8ghz
1.5gb ram
120GB HD

The thing is, originally this tablet came with 1GB of RAM, however someone added a 512mb stick afterward to bring the RAM total to 1.5 GB.

I'm debating whether to remove the 512mb stick and add a 1GB or 2GB stick because I'm using vista?

For now, I did a clean install and vista seems to run fine on 1.5GB, however I keep on hearing you should have at least 2GB for vista? Or is 1.5GB enough for some time? What are your thoughts?

It depends on the type of the applications u will working on ... are they memory intensive or cpu intensive ones ....
2 gb in all is a gud setup .. Add one for 1 gb stick for now as i have seen vista take upto .75gb memory ..

I tired to run vista on 1GB of memory and it was so anoying cos i would get halfway through programmes and then it would crash cos it ran outta space. 512 might make a lil bit of difference but i would suggest to get another gig or even 2GB of space. It cant hurt and it will only make things easier on you in the future.

Your machine will support up to 4GB of RAM.
I consider 2GB to be the minimum acceptable for Vista and 4GB to be the sweet spot.

^ dsnt 4gb ram work only on 64 bit vista?

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Originally Posted by apextwin146

^ dsnt 4gb ram work only on 64 bit vista?

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Is there any other version?

But yes, you are correct...32bit will only recognize @ 3.25GB.

There is a good chance that the original owner who added the 512mb stick of ram has also decreased performance by eliminating dual channel. Dual channel will not work with an odd number of modules.
Try and have an even amount of sticks of matching size and speed, with dual channel enabled for optimal performance.

The more ram you put in a vista machine, the longer it will take to start up. True story.

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Originally Posted by clocker

Your machine will support up to 4GB of RAM.
I consider 2GB to be the minimum acceptable for Vista and 4GB to be the sweet spot.

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i agree. i tried vista with 1gb and then 2gb, and i noticed a considerable difference.

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Originally Posted by benchez

The more ram you put in a vista machine, the longer it will take to start up. True story.

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Really?
My current rig has run 2,4,6 and 8GB of memory and boot times seemed pretty consistent to me.
The only thing that made much of a difference was whether I RAIDed the hard drives...it takes the on board controller a while to sort out the array.