tdonovan00

I am looking at getting a Dell Studio Laptop that comes with 3gb of RAM with Windows Home Premium 64 Bit.
Will this be sufficient enough to run ? Or do I need more?

Also, it comes with the free upgrade to Windows 7 64 Bit, and will the 3gb of RAM be enough to handle this ?

Any thoughts?

Daney

You can run 64-bit with 512mb of ram but 64-bit was kind of designed to run 4GB+ RAM.

You can run it easily but you won't gain as many benefits as you would with 4GB or more.

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tdonovan00

So the 3GB would run it smoothly, but I wouldnt be getting full performance...

Heavymetal.fan

3 should be more than enough. As for win 7 it will also be more than enough. (reccomended for visat than win 7 is 1gb)

Daney

Of course, there isn't much of a real benefit unless you need access to higher quantity of RAM, e.g. Video Editing.

I'd still recommend you do it Nothing wrong with 64-bit as it tuns 32 bit software (as a general rule) but drivers may prove to be annoying.

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tdonovan00

Ok thanks, I think I will stick with the 3GB, maybe if I get the laptop on sale I will throw in the extra 1GB but if not o well. It will be mostly for school and music. Occasional gaming but I have my desktop for modern games...

Vlasov_581

yeah....for that lappy 3GB is plenty....it'll probaly be a 2GB and a 1GB sticks.....you can switch it with a 2GB later if you ever need 4GB

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tdonovan00

ya i figured i could always add at a later time also..