In your case, I would say go for at least 8GB, especially if you do a lot of heavy compilation. If your machine supports DDR3, you should be able to find some rather cheap deals.
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpj...@crashcourse.ca>wrote: > On Fri, 23 Dec 2011, linux guy wrote: > > > I'm specing a new laptop, probably a Dell XPS 17, with an i7 > > processor. It will have an SSD and be driving 2 monitors. > > > > The XPS 17s come in two varieties, one with 2 DIMM slots and the other > > with 4 DIMM slots. > > > > - I do a ton of browsing for research purposes and may have as many as > > 20 Firefox sessions open at one time. > > - I use Thunderbird with mail accounts with more than 100K messages in > them. > > - I do some software development in Eclipse with gcc. Compile times > > can be lengthy on some projects. > > - I use Digikam to manage and edit all my Nikon D7000 images, which > > are shot in raw > > - I want to get into editing D7000 video files > > - I want to get into 3D CAD. > > > > How much RAM do I reasonably require ? Is it worth paying more for 4 > > DIMM sockets over 2 ? > > not sure this will help but i went through the same grappling when > spec'ing out a new ASUS monster laptop. in the end, i learned that > the model advertised as coming with 12G RAM simply had 3/4 slots > filled, and just buying a separate compatible 4G stick to fill it out > to 16G cost all of $29 extra. problem solved. > > more RAM is generally better, but don't feel you have to pay for it > as part of the advertised model. > > rday > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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