How much memory for my laptop?

[rb56]

I just picked up a IBM Thinkpad R31. It only has 128 megs of memory. What do you think, another stick of 128 or 256. I will be running these office apps, usually all at the same time.

Word, Excel, Outlook, ACT, WinFax, Crystal Reports

thanks
rb56

 

[bacillus]

how many expansion memory slots does it have?
some laptops only have one so to upgrade you have to remove the ram which is already in & replace it with one of a higher Mb value!

 

[rb56]

It has two so that's not a problem.

Anybody know of a better place to buy laptop memory? I can get a 128 of Cruical for $39, 256 for $89 or 512 for $129.

rb56

 

[amdskip]

Go with 256 and thank me later

Crucial memory is tops!

 

[pillage2001]

What OS??

Go with the 256mb. Never hurts to get more.

 

[Daniel]

Make sure it doesn't have 2 64s right now, thats how my brother's IBM was setup and he had to dump one of them to put in more.

 

[Utterman]

Goto Crucial and use their memory selector. I suggest getting as much RaM as possible for a lappy since it will use up less battery power.