Will an 512MB to 1.5 GB give me a great boost?

[nowstime]

Hi~

I have been a user of a T41p but traded for a X41...

Man it slow compared to the T41p but the size and portablility is making it up...

I know this is a silly question but will the 1GB extra memory give me a hugh speed boost openning and viewing web pages, watching streaming videos and multitasking such as photoshop and internet etc...

And finally...is 4200rpm the fast for a 1.8" hard drive?

Best wishes to the forum users...

Austin, TX

[abvc]

Hi~

I have been a user of a T41p but traded for a X41...

Man it slow compared to the T41p but the size and portablility is making it up...

I know this is a silly question but will the 1GB extra memory give me a hugh speed boost openning and viewing web pages, watching streaming videos and multitasking such as photoshop and internet etc...

And finally...is 4200rpm the fast for a 1.8" hard drive?

Best wishes to the forum users...

Austin, TX

try checking the process (ctrl+alt+del). if ram usaget is around 500 or worse, yes u will notice a very significant speed increase

in my case, a debug that normally fluctuates between 6-2 minutes, now it consistently stays at 5 seconds.

[Aristotle11]

adding another 256 to your 512 will give a big boost. Adding 512 only slightly more unless you run very big programs like dragon naturally speaking along with office and internet apps.

[jdhurst]

If I am not using VMware (VM's need big gobs of ram), then everything I do runs well within 512Mb and more would not be of any benefit. What you are seeing is a deathly slow hard drive. I have tried enough combinations to know that 7200-rpm (not available to your X) makes a big, big difference. The only drive near to this is an 80Gb or better (and newer) 5400-rpm drive. ... JD Hurst