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Here’s How To Find Out How Much Memory Your Laptop Has

By Tom Morgan
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Your Laptop uses RAM (Random Access Memory) for quick, short-term storage. Programs store their instructions in RAM when they run, so RAM determines how many programs you can open at once, the size of the files you can open in programs, and, to some extent, how fast a program executes its instructions. It’s a snap to figure out how much RAM you have in your Laptop.

INSTRUCTIONS

Step 1:
Start your Laptop and locate the ‘My Computer’ icon.

Step 2:
Right-click the ‘My Computer’ icon, and select Properties from the menu that appears.

Step 3:
Look under the General tab where it gives you information about the size of the hard drive and what Operating System you use to find the amount of RAM in megabytes (MB) or Gigabytes (GB).

Tips & Warnings

  1. You might need more RAM if you can’t open a program because of insufficient memory or if it runs very slowly; if you can’t open as many programs at once as you want; if programs refuse to open very large files (such as graphics or video files) or slow down with large files; or if programs slow down when you have many of them open.
  2. Depending on how the manufacturer of your Laptop has customized Windows, you might be able to read the amount of RAM your machine has as Windows loads.
  3. A 32-bit Windows Operating System may not be able to see and utilize more than 3-3.5GB RAM Memory. A 64-bit Windows Operating System will be able to utilize more than 3GB memory. Generally Windows Home Editions are 32-bit Operating Systems, and Windows Professional are 64-bit Operating Systems.
  4. There are different types of RAM memory. Different makes and models may take different types and sizes (GB) of RAM memory. Check the specifications that came with your LAPTOP to see if and how RAM can be added or look at the manufacturer’s website. Also take opinion of the Memory Reseller/Store
  5. Buy quality memory from Kingston, Crucial or Samsung.
  6. Buy RAM with clock speed matching the bus speed of your Laptop.
  7. Buy matched pairs for the best performance.
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