1 Gb of RAM too little?

[alekseevs]

I am planning to upgrade my X30 to X61. My X30 seems to be running on 256MB of RAM, which is less than ideal. 1 Gig of RAM looks like A LOT to me, but is this really enough for this machine? I will be using Word, browsing net, watching videos, doing multitasking, but no CAD or Photoshop. Thanks a lot!

[mgo]

I am planning to upgrade my X30 to X61. My X30 seems to be running on 256MB of RAM, which is less than ideal. 1 Gig of RAM looks like A LOT to me, but is this really enough for this machine? I will be using Word, browsing net, watching videos, doing multitasking, but no CAD or Photoshop. Thanks a lot!

Two gig is best, especially if your new machine wll be running Windows Vista, which needs more power than XP. Even on XP 2 gig of ram will spoil you.

With today's lower prices why not get some more RAM for the little X30 too? It will thank you!

[mrgetalife]

Ram is cheap at the moment when self installed.
I'd say go with one 1GB stick.
And buy 1 stick later. And if for some reason they don't play well with each other you buy a 2nd 1gb stick of the brand you just bought.

It'll run about $40USD at the moment for 1GB of ram.

[thaug]

I got the my X61s with 1GB, and upgraded afterwards. I had used it a few days with only 1GB running Vista Business and it worked, but it did a lot of hard drive thrashing, and was slow with certain tasks. Immediately after I added the 1GB, everything sped up.

Just make sure that when you order from Lenovo that you choose the 1GB on 1 DIMM option, since there are only two slots inside.

[scrawledinwax]

My personal experience has been that even with 2GB, the hard drive churns a lot. Given the price of the upgrade spread out over a couple of years, I would say just go with 2GB and be done with it.

[alekseevs]

Thanx a lot for all your help, guys!