2k/xp?

Any part you get for a laptop is going to be expensive.. Plus, unless you really know a lot about laptops you wouldn't want to even try to put it in your self. Some places will put it in for free but some wont. I wouldn't even suggesting upgrading a laptop if it's not software but it's better to just buy a new one.. If your laptop is a Mac than yeah, I can expect it to be pretty expensive.. Macs are not cheap.. That's what you get for buying a machine that is made by Apple and Sony..

You should be fine with 128. Just make it look like the classic UI (so it's not all blue and stuff), I believe that frees up some ram, and turn off stuff you don't need.

What's so hard about adding/replacing RAM in laptops? Unscrew a couple screws to take the cover off, add the new card in the open slot, rescrew the cover on, reboot and it's done.

How many laptops have you done this to? It depends on what kind of laptop you have.. Most of the new laptops you cannot even get into.. Some are easy I give it that.. But, not all.. I have takin laptops apart and they are REALLY compacted together.. Then there is the problems with laptops like Dell or Compaq that are REALLY picky on what you put in them.. They only like parts made by them going into them..

I know where the ram is.. its in a slot underneath the keyboard, ive been there before...

its just the availability of the ram.. vs desktop

and will virtual ram help?

its compaq, and, I looked at the manual ^-^

i prefer xp pro.. cause... he is only a home user... he does want his life to complicated like us.. so my adavice is to get xp... and get the latest.. windows media player 9.. which is great help for those... people.. who doesnt know much.. ur system is fine... when u browse the web... the thing u need is a fast connection.. and with an average of 256 memory (ram)..

enjoy life...

lol foxy . i got a 800mhz laptop runnin xp with only 128 ram and its fine!! i run photoshop cs and everything off it no problem!! and i did the same spec on a pc without a problem 2 .

o and use XP cos you get the whole intergrated media player on the taskbar easy to surf and play music. your system is more than capable to run it .

thanks now I feel reassured

ill add maybe 64-128mbs onto it

*lol -- yep I've done a few. It's a little scary trying to replace hardware in laptops for sure. Never had a problem with RAM though. But I'll tell you, I'd rather do hardware changes to a PC anyday of the week.

My friend says, programs use less ram in xp, is it true?

alot seem to be memory wasters *looks at mozilla using 88mbs on 2 tabs*

;o

Laptop memory's dead cheap these days. Depends on the type of laptop though. I can upgrade my old Dell P2-400 to 256Meg PC133 (its maximum) for only 50 bucks. If you can sell your old 128Meg for $20-30 it's a pretty cheap upgrade

All my PCs run 2K or Linux except for one PC. Win2K doesn't seem to agree with the USB ports on that one PC, so it's running XP Pro, but I hate it, rarely use that PC.