[Josem]

buying laptop tip: when you buy from the retailer, get the minimum amount of ram*

then, after market, go buy ram yourself. it is one of the very few parts of laptops that are user-upgradable.

*make sure the ram you are getting with the laptop is the same as the ram you intend to buy afterwards, and that you will have space to insert more ram later. eg, if the ram coming with the laptop is 1gb, but comes in two 512mb sticks, you would need to upgrade both sticks and essentially buy a whole 2gb of ram later (this is obviously bad). however, if your 1gb of ram comes in a 1gb stick, then you can just buy another 1gb stick and insert it.

i hope that this is as clear as mud in a dirty beer bottle.