How can you justify a $100 increase in price for an extra 8GB of memory?
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It's an old marketing trick -- it sets a floor price in your mind. Your are stuck evaluating the $100 difference and the $399 (original) price doesn't seem quite as bad. So, you buy the baseline product and think you saved $100.
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If they'r enot going to jump straight to 150GB or more, why even bother? Solid-state memory has already exceeded 32GB and has MUCH better performance attributes, including durability, energy/battery life, and flexibility.I will hold out for either a 1TB version or 64GB flash disk (or 32GB Flash disk + CF card expansion capability). And forget it if they try to ram some proprietary codec down my throat!
931379
i'd get as much as possible and take advantage of RAMdisk since it comes free.
401391
The 16gb upgrade is really only a 8gb upgrade that only leaves the machine with a total of 16gb. I wish it was a real up grade to 24gb
958393
There is not enough difference to justify the price increase. Adding an SSD to this laptop will make a huge difference in speed, and it is not slow as is. This one for example Samsung 840 Series 2.5 inch 120GB SATA III internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7TD120BW
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I upgraded mine immediately upon purchase. Otherwise, it hits the hard disk too much. The cost is negligible and it took a screwdriver and 2 min. to make the change. Highly recommend upgrading any modern laptop to 8GB. 4GB doesn't cut it anymore!
187113
make sure you match up your FSB! If you have money left over max out that old ram it wont be expensive. Make sure you buy paste too.
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yes, a ram upgrade is feasible up to 8 gb. You can add another 2gb stick for about $20. Here's a good upgrade: Crucial 2GB Single DDR3 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) CL11 SODIMM 204-Pin 1.35V/1.5V Notebook Memory Module CT25664BF160B
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Ram can be increased. But one does not need more than 8GB. Anything over that is just overkill.Hard drive can be increased but I would have a pro do it. I am more familiar with a desktop. Much easier to change out.
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My guess is that it's the 4GB RAM that's slowing things down rather than the hard drive. And to upgrade to 8GB (the maximum it can take) means replacing the existing memory with a $50-$60 8GB stick, as there is only one memory slot inside (according to CNet review). It could probably also use (esp. when first purchased) a good cleaning out of extraneous memory-hogging apps that get auto-loaded at boot time.
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I think the ability to utilize that speed in a future computer is worth the additional cost in the short term. There are certainly other benefits, but the price difference is no negligible that there's no reason not to do it.
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imI'm not sure if the memory is expandable, I refuse to purchase anything else for this item!
1000891
Is it possible you sell it with the full memory RAM instead 4GB? How much cost this xtra memory?
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Expanded mine to 12 GB with a Crucial 204 pin, 8 GB SODIMM chip; about $85 w/shipping.
770256
This model has 2 memory slots and 16GB is a maximum. I can sell it with 16GB for additional $150Thank you
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I believe that you can upgrade the memory up to 16GB. My model came preinstalled with 6GB.
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Yes you can use it but trying to add it to the existing 8GB on there might cause problems, that memory is 8GB 1600Mhz and this is a 8GB of 1866Mhz its not good mixing memory