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sdphost · 04-19-2007, 12:37 AM

I just bought an Acer aspire 5100-3019 with 512 RAM, and I want to upgrade to 1 gig, I don't know enough about laptop ram, can I just use any "notebook ram" or does it have to be specific? how would I know if it has to?
and around what would be the best price I could get it for? Vista is doesn't run too bad with 512 IMO for what I'm using it so I can wait a few months if it means getting a cheaper price.

Second question is about battery life, I used to have a Toshiba laptop that I left on for a long time and would just put it on standby/hibernate. I heard if you left it plugged in all the time it killed the batterylife so whenever it reached 100% charged I would unplug it and so on. after 6/7 months it had horrible battery life, like 10 minutes. are all laptops like that or is there a better way to take care of the battery life?

thanks in advance.

04-19-2007, 12:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
sdphost Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 22 OS: Windows 98	Laptop Ram/memory life I just bought an Acer aspire 5100-3019 with 512 RAM, and I want to upgrade to 1 gig, I don't know enough about laptop ram, can I just use any "notebook ram" or does it have to be specific? how would I know if it has to? and around what would be the best price I could get it for? Vista is doesn't run too bad with 512 IMO for what I'm using it so I can wait a few months if it means getting a cheaper price. Second question is about battery life, I used to have a Toshiba laptop that I left on for a long time and would just put it on standby/hibernate. I heard if you left it plugged in all the time it killed the batterylife so whenever it reached 100% charged I would unplug it and so on. after 6/7 months it had horrible battery life, like 10 minutes. are all laptops like that or is there a better way to take care of the battery life? thanks in advance.