How much for an engineering student's laptop?

Intrepid · Aug 10, 2004

I am a pre-engineering student at OSU, and I have the below laptop, though only one GB of ram (1x igb). Should I get the other, or will just one be enough to run literally anything I have? i do divx, lots of mp3 encoding, running windows xp pro of course, and I generally do multi task. Is there anything that MIGHT mean i will need that 2nd stick of memory?

I.M.O.G. · Aug 10, 2004

Depends how large the work files for the divx are. Do you ever run low on resources or hit the page file frequently when divx'ing?

David · Aug 11, 2004

I would think 1GB would be enough, unless, as mentioned, windows is dipping into the page file a lot.

Senater_Cache · Aug 11, 2004

I think a gig is a save ground for you. However once you start running AutoCAD and other CAD software youll want that 2 gig just for safety.

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Intrepid · Aug 11, 2004

Well, I ran photoshop cs on it and got it to use up 800mb of it. And lets not make divx a criteria. I think I will stick with 1x1gb for now and upgrade later if i see a need. the way i go through computers there is no telling what i will have in a year or two.

I.M.O.G. · Aug 11, 2004

Good choice, I would have done the same.

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