About Lauren Bennett Expertise I am a computer science major and my dad is an Electric Engineering, so my life has revolved around computers. For as long as I can remember, I have been buying and selling computers. I tend to travel a lot, so I have always had a laptop. I have bought 5 of them for myself, and bought around 30-40 for friends and family. I have dealt with the good and the bad of various version and brand names. If you are in need of buying a laptop, feel free to contact me and I'm sure I will be able to guide you into purchasing the laptop that will be the best fit for you. I will custom build you computers for you to choose from so you can get an exact idea of what to go and buy when you do it yourself and so that you have an exact price. However, I am in the USA and am only knowledgeable about computers here in the US. I do not know about foreign currency or the quality of computer brand names outside the US.
Experience B.S. in Computer Science. Buying and selling for years. Assisting friends/family.
Question Hello,
I have a couple questions about my laptop. I have a Dell Inspiron 1720 notebook.
I have 1Gb of Ram, 2 sticks. I want to upgrade badly, it is running pretty slow with vista, but good, just Warcraft runs slow.
I want to know first, how much total can i have in the system, 4Gb or 2Gb?
Can i have only 1 stick of 2Gb since its cheaper, or do I have to have 2 sticks the whole time?
Is it better to buy from Dell, or is it better to buy it from somewhere else cheaper?
If you could answer those, that would be great, thanks.
Answer You can have up to 4GB of RAM but your operating system can only read 3GB of RAM. The 64-bit versions of Vista are the only operating system that can utilize the 4GB of RAM, but they are very buggy and are not compatible with most hardware and software.
You should have two sticks in at all times. I haven't really researched all the reasoning behind it, but there needs to be a balance between the two.
You can buy memory from anywhere. Just make sure it is the right type. I typically buy my memory from buy.com or newegg.com. Here is a link at New Egg to get you started looking at the right type of memory for your computer.
