I reformat old computers to lightweight linux distros. There are two laptops I own that I want to give a memory upgrade:
Toshiba Satellite A100:
1.73GHz Celeron M processor
1GB RAM
On - board Graphics
Lubuntu
Acer 3100 (Just received computer for myself), not very familiar with Hardware yet):
AMD 1.6GHz Processor: Sempron M.
1GB RAM
AMD Radeon Graphics (Think it is a proper card, but not yet for sure)
Ubuntu, but with the LXDE desktop.
They are both laptops, and have two memory slots with 512 MB RAM in them.
I have a dialemma.
The Acer 1300 has a slower processor but same RAM as the A100, but A100 has a faster processor and same RAM.
Acer 1300 has a few lag spikes on Ubuntu, it looks like the processor needs more headroom, so should I upgrade the Ram on 1300, or upgrade A100 as it is used more?
A100 runs perfectly. Maplin sells 1GB laptop ram for £20, so one of the computers will have 1.5GB RAM.
Which one should I upgrade?
Thanks,
mushprin21
UPDATE:
The computers are each 5 years old and ram in them has not been changed.
Toshiba Satellite A100:
1.73GHz Celeron M processor
1GB RAM
On - board Graphics
Lubuntu
Acer 3100 (Just received computer for myself), not very familiar with Hardware yet):
AMD 1.6GHz Processor: Sempron M.
1GB RAM
AMD Radeon Graphics (Think it is a proper card, but not yet for sure)
Ubuntu, but with the LXDE desktop.
They are both laptops, and have two memory slots with 512 MB RAM in them.
I have a dialemma.
The Acer 1300 has a slower processor but same RAM as the A100, but A100 has a faster processor and same RAM.
Acer 1300 has a few lag spikes on Ubuntu, it looks like the processor needs more headroom, so should I upgrade the Ram on 1300, or upgrade A100 as it is used more?
A100 runs perfectly. Maplin sells 1GB laptop ram for £20, so one of the computers will have 1.5GB RAM.
Which one should I upgrade?
Thanks,
mushprin21
UPDATE:
The computers are each 5 years old and ram in them has not been changed.