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Hey everyone,

I’ve been doing my research and it seems that although Sony suggests that TR’s can only be upgraded to 1GB, the actual motherboard capacity is 2GB. I never bought laptop memory before, so I was wondering what your thoughts on this deal would be, and whether or not I should be worried about compability, stability, or quality. Thanks!

2 x 1GB PC2700 DDR 333 SODIMM LAPTOP MEMORY
US $110.95 + $10 Shipping = $121

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-x-1GB-PC2700-DDR-333-SODIMM-LAPTOP-MEMORY_W0QQitemZ150166062902QQihZ005QQcategoryZ80202QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Would you recommend that I jump on this?

I tend to run a lot of applications at the same time (10 windows in firefox, MS onenote, MS word, Adobe photoshop) so I thought I might need 2GB. Tell me if I’m under the wrong impression and that I really don’t. Thanks!

Wrong ram for TR series. TR takes 172 pin micro dimm and it’s much more costly at the moment see here-

http://www.memoryx.net/pcgamm1024u.html

and also another here

http://www.memory-up.com/Memory/SonyVAIOPCG-TR1683_1GB333MHz.html?utm_source=Shopping&utm_medium=cpc

also read my replies in the SSD hdd thread…

Ah ok, thank you so much for your feedback! In your opinion is 1gb worth the extra $200 (vs. buying a regular 512mb)? If not, where is the best place to buy from?

I saw that a lot of past users bought from ubid, but they no longer carry that deal.

I tend to use my TR’s for basic stuff word internet etc and have desktops to do photo editing etc so I’m not really best qualified to say if 1.5gb over 1gb of ram would be worth it. At the current cost I’d personally say no, because if it were cheaper I’d put 2gb in mine, after all more ram will never hurt.

My personal opinion of the TR series is it’s mainly processor & bus limited, so ram alone wont be a huge improvement.

If you haven’t looked yet see the SSD topic. I recently fitted a 16gb SSD drive to a TR1mp and it really has transformed it. SSD drives are to small capacity and too expensive for most now, but it may be worth saving up for one as prices should drop in the new year. It’s also an upgrade you can move on to the next laptop if you want

Sony TR with SSD future dream?