RE: Picking a laptop, close to final decision

[Fred Ridder <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Respoding to Deborah's query, Rob Hudson wrote:
 
> More RAM. I'm starting to find 2GB to be a pain while running all of
> my accessory apps - like MindManager and some of the Office bloatware,
> not to mention security software, which sucks up resource like crazy.
But you also need to be aware that unless you pop for a 64-bit version
of Windows (which basically means Vista Ultimate since the 64-bit version
of XP had some serious issues) you can only effectively use 3 GB of RAM
even if you have more than that physically installed.
 
-FR
 
 
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