taltamir, yeah, I figured it was something like that. I took a couple of screenshots. You can match the first screenshot with my computer's specs to confirm. http://www.docs.sony.com/release/specs/VGNFZ140EB_mksp.pdf
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/image.php?2e161c2c4e.jpg...
I'm going to make a different recommendation than building a new system. Add more RAM to your current system. See this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2027010
I think that you'll find the performance increase will make your current system seem like brand new.
OK, I messed with my laptop a bit more. Here's my post on Tom's Hardware:
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OK, I pulled out the 8GB and reinstalled the 4GB.
I tried MS paint at 20kx20k. It basically locked up the computer for ~10 minutes (with 8GB, 20kx20k popped up quickly).
Paint is currently using 1.572GB of RAM and...
Nothinman, that's the thing. Win7 seems to throw all available memory at any task, from my experience watching the task manager. Can anyone out there explain how Win7 utilizes memory?
And with CPUs running at >2GHz, I don't think that a faster chip is going to make that much of a difference...
I also posted this on Tom's Hardware. One of the posters wrote this:
"It might show that it has 8GB installed but I doubt it can use all of it. The fact You feel it is faster because of fresh install of Windows.
Open Paint and set image/atrributes to 20000x20000 pixels, now check task manager...
taltamir, no question, just a post that might help others who thought that they'd be limited to 4GB when running 64 bit Win7.
I haven't been around Anandtech in more than five years; I consider this to be as important as when news that the 300MHz celerons could be overclocked to 450MHz.
Prior to upgrading my laptop from 32 bit Vista to 64 bit Win7, I looked for some additional RAM at Newegg and read interesting comments from a few customers. While their computers were rated for 4GB, they installed 8GB of RAM and noticed speed increases.
I am using a Sony VGN-FZ140E with the...
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