Mark Schoonover wrote:
On 5/31/07, Randall Shimizu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am really disappointed that most laptops are limited
to 2gb of ram. Lenovo has a notebook that has a max of
4gb. Personally I would like to see a laptop has a
even larger ram capacity. It would be nice to see a
laptop that and take 8 or 10gb of ram. I am not really
sure why laptop companies only support 2gb of ram. I
have heard that one reason is because more ram equals
greater power consumption. The laptops that support
4gb or ram use 2 2gb sims. So issue is in the bios I
believe.
--- rbw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tracy R Reed wrote:
> > rbw wrote:
> >> So the increase in RAM would be a bigger factor
> that the increase to
> >> 2 virtual CPU's and the lower overhead of XEN?
> >
> > Definitely. RAM is always the first thing you
> should look at when a
> > machine needs to be faster because when a machine
> gets "bogged down"
> > you are almost always waiting on the machine to
> swap.
> >
> >
> >
> That's what I was thinking so the notebook models I
> am looking at are
> able to go to 4GB of RAM... I am also going to take
> a stab at no swap
> and see if that can eliminate that whole area of
> concern. That is also
> why I am wondering about the impact of CPU(s) and
> RAM increases to
> overall system performance (I do realize I'm asking
> for a stab at this
> question as opposed to an answer certain so any
> speculation is welcome).
>
> rbw
I'm guessing here, but since most laptops are designed with XP in mind,
IIRC, XP can only handle 4GB. Therefore, there's no real reason to have a
laptop designed to have more RAM.
I narrowed down to laptops that have 2GB now and can take a MAX of 4GB
later...
Image... Because of Linux's ability to run on older HW, if they would
allow for >=8GB of RAM, then the hardware upgrade cycle may be
ever-so-slightly... delayed beyond the M$/HW Manufacturer alliance, and
we can't have that...
My laptop is already 5years old and the only real reason to upgrade are
newer HW technology, not OS churning...
rbw
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