Question: Want a faster laptop, buy more memory. Is this statement entirely honest?
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In short, yes. To answer this question more technically however, one should appreciate the three biggest contributors to laptop performance. These are a) the processor, b) the memory and c) the hard drive/storage device. As you can see, the second is laptop memory. The best way to understand this truth is to imagine that all the software you run on your laptop (many of which will be run at the same time, even without you knowing (i.e. various background processes) needs to have room in which to operate.
Each time you start a given application, it needs to load itself into memory and instantiate its instance before it can execute. This takes up space. If a laptop runs out of this valuable space (the physical memory also known as RAM) then things will slow down as it forces the laptop (or more specifically the Operating System) to rely on slower virtual memory. This in turn is usually located on the hard drive (which is considerably slower). Even if virtual memory is simulated on a SSD then it's still considerably slower than real RAM.
For more information about why system memory matters hop over to part 1 of the Laptop Memory Upgrades Guide as this takes you through the A-Z of physical and virtual memory!
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Can I install desktop memory inside my laptop?
Do I have to install identical pairs of memory modules to run in dual channel mode?
Can I mix memory modules with different CAS latency?
At what point does the cost of laptop memory outweigh the performance benefits?
Should I simply get the fastest frequency of memory modules for my laptop and not worry about their timings?
Can I buy PC2-8500 DDR2 SODIMM laptop memory modules for my DDR2 memory based laptop?
Will adding more laptop memory affect battery life?
Is there any logic in installing PC3-10600 DDR3 if my laptop states support for PC3-8500 DDR3?
Does my MacBook use standard or proprietary laptop memory?
Is it true that practically all laptops work with generic SODIMM's?
Just what exactly is dual channel memory?
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