Comments on: Why The Nokia Booklet 3G Has 1GB Of RAM http://www.rickycadden.com/2009/12/why-the-nokia-booklet-3g-has-1gb-of-ram/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-nokia-booklet-3g-has-1gb-of-ram Just a dude with a phone Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fredrik http://www.rickycadden.com/2009/12/why-the-nokia-booklet-3g-has-1gb-of-ram/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Fredrik Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.rickycadden.com/?p=615#comment-323 Microsoft does indeed only allow to sell the cheaper netbook license of Windows 7 if the machine got 1GB RAM, but nothing here is stopping Nokia from selling the more expensive and normal laptop OEM license of Windows 7, especially not considering it's an expensive netbook already to begin with.<br><br>Also, while I dislike the fact the RAM is soldered into the motherboard, it does have a nice advantage too, which is a more energy-efficient way to communicate with the RAM, which gives better battery times.<br><br>If this Nokia Booklet had 2GB in it, it would have been perfect for me, even if it was soldered in too cause I value as good battery times as possible and like the fact that this machine is energyefficient enough to not need any fan, that's class. But 1GB is simply not good enough today, Windows and various misc programs and a few browser tabs take up a lot of RAM, not to mention Nokias own software that require quite a bit too, like the new Ovi Suite. With a 1GB machine the swapfile has to work like mad, so a 2GB machine would already be a noticeably smoother experience.<br><br>So my advice to Nokia is, give the machine 2GB and sell it with a normal laptop license with Windows, and I will buy it right away. Cause the 1GB is a serious flaw to me. Microsoft does indeed only allow to sell the cheaper netbook license of Windows 7 if the machine got 1GB RAM, but nothing here is stopping Nokia from selling the more expensive and normal laptop OEM license of Windows 7, especially not considering it's an expensive netbook already to begin with.

Also, while I dislike the fact the RAM is soldered into the motherboard, it does have a nice advantage too, which is a more energy-efficient way to communicate with the RAM, which gives better battery times.

If this Nokia Booklet had 2GB in it, it would have been perfect for me, even if it was soldered in too cause I value as good battery times as possible and like the fact that this machine is energyefficient enough to not need any fan, that's class. But 1GB is simply not good enough today, Windows and various misc programs and a few browser tabs take up a lot of RAM, not to mention Nokias own software that require quite a bit too, like the new Ovi Suite. With a 1GB machine the swapfile has to work like mad, so a 2GB machine would already be a noticeably smoother experience.

So my advice to Nokia is, give the machine 2GB and sell it with a normal laptop license with Windows, and I will buy it right away. Cause the 1GB is a serious flaw to me.

]]> By: Fredrik http://www.rickycadden.com/2009/12/why-the-nokia-booklet-3g-has-1gb-of-ram/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Fredrik Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:30:58 +0000 http://www.rickycadden.com/?p=615#comment-315 Microsoft does indeed only allow to sell the cheaper netbook license of Windows 7 if the machine got 1GB RAM, but nothing here is stopping Nokia from selling the more expensive and normal laptop OEM license of Windows 7, especially not considering it's an expensive netbook already to begin with.<br><br>Also, while I dislike the fact the RAM is soldered into the motherboard, it does have a nice advantage too, which is a more energy-efficient way to communicate with the RAM, which gives better battery times.<br><br>If this Nokia Booklet had 2GB in it, it would have been perfect for me, even if it was soldered in too cause I value as good battery times as possible and like the fact that this machine is energyefficient enough to not need any fan, that's class. But 1GB is simply not good enough today, Windows and various misc programs and a few browser tabs take up a lot of RAM, not to mention Nokias own software that require quite a bit too, like the new Ovi Suite. With a 1GB machine the swapfile has to work like mad, so a 2GB machine would already be a noticeably smoother experience.<br><br>So my advice to Nokia is, give the machine 2GB and sell it with a normal laptop license with Windows, and I will buy it right away. Cause the 1GB is a serious flaw to me. Microsoft does indeed only allow to sell the cheaper netbook license of Windows 7 if the machine got 1GB RAM, but nothing here is stopping Nokia from selling the more expensive and normal laptop OEM license of Windows 7, especially not considering it's an expensive netbook already to begin with.

Also, while I dislike the fact the RAM is soldered into the motherboard, it does have a nice advantage too, which is a more energy-efficient way to communicate with the RAM, which gives better battery times.

If this Nokia Booklet had 2GB in it, it would have been perfect for me, even if it was soldered in too cause I value as good battery times as possible and like the fact that this machine is energyefficient enough to not need any fan, that's class. But 1GB is simply not good enough today, Windows and various misc programs and a few browser tabs take up a lot of RAM, not to mention Nokias own software that require quite a bit too, like the new Ovi Suite. With a 1GB machine the swapfile has to work like mad, so a 2GB machine would already be a noticeably smoother experience.

So my advice to Nokia is, give the machine 2GB and sell it with a normal laptop license with Windows, and I will buy it right away. Cause the 1GB is a serious flaw to me.

]]> By: ollysk2 http://www.rickycadden.com/2009/12/why-the-nokia-booklet-3g-has-1gb-of-ram/comment-page-1/#comment-314 ollysk2 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:16:21 +0000 http://www.rickycadden.com/?p=615#comment-314 From what I understand, M$ doesn't place the same limitation on it's Windows 7 netbooks that it does on it's XP netbooks -- so hopefully you'll be able to start seeing Win7 netbooks with 2gb ram soon enough. From what I understand, M$ doesn't place the same limitation on it's Windows 7 netbooks that it does on it's XP netbooks — so hopefully you'll be able to start seeing Win7 netbooks with 2gb ram soon enough.

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