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Nikeballa09

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Hi, everyone, I am new to anandtech. I have a toshiba laptop with centrino cpu running at 1.5 ghz. I has 256 ram. I will be upgrading ram soon and would like to know if 256 more would be enough or should i add 512 more, or would 512 more be overkill and a waste of money. I do pretty basic computing tasks. I usually run aim, a few internet explorer windows, win media player, and ms office. ever since i installed mcafee internet security suite aim windows have been laggin while i try to move them. no other app does this including aim buddy list, its just the aim windows. so i am sure that i need more ram, and i just wanted to know oppinions on how much more i should purchase.

Thank you for the feedback.
 
For what you are doing, I think an additional 256 MB would be perfect. 512 MB (total) seems to be the sweet spot for runining office applications under WIndows XP.

Cheers,
Warden
 
Yeah, an extra 256MB will generally make windows feel a lot smoother. If you're talking about another 512MB in addition to the 256MB you already have, that's overkill for your situation.
 
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