Dont get 8gbs unless you need it, and Im sure you dont. 4gb sticks are new and very expensive, but they will come down in price quickly. If you ever do need 8gbs of ram it will be hundreds of dollars cheaper if you just wait until that time comes.
True Dat!!
99% of all computer users in 2009 will not use anywhere close to 4gb of ram. Buying 6gb,8gb,16 or 32 gigabytes of ram will not make your system faster or make you more popular.
Running Word, Outlook, iTunes, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDeisgn, Kaspersky all at once will not even use 2gb, so why do you need 4gb?
Latency is the name of the game in regards to speed/performance.
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Most laptop manufactures use cheap, slow ram, so replacing the ram with lower latency ram will show a slight increase in performance during day-to-day operations. The more programs you use at once, the more increase you will see.