Former PC Fanboy Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Hey guys, I am waiting to see what they announce at MWSF until I buy a Macbook but whatever I get I was thinking about maxing out the RAM. My question is what kind of effect does RAM really have on battery life? Theoretically it takes up more power, so it should drain it quicker, but is the difference noticeable? I am a big fan of having the best stuff I can afford, and certainly with 4GB upgrade kits costing in the $100 range it is something I could get but the whole point of having a laptop for me is to use it when I go out (like to do work at a library) and not have to worry about bringing my adapter along or having to find an outlet (the desks in the library I go to with the outlets are always all taken by other laptop people). Has anyone here run any tests to see what happens when you add more RAM from say 1GB to 4GB? Does the battery life diminish insignificantly (like you lose 10 mins) or significantly (like you lose an hour)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Practically speaking, in a laptop, it should increase battery life, as less hard drive access is needed for swap. Though if you have 16gb of FB-DIMMs, it will use more power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former PC Fanboy Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 LOL I guess I see the reasoning there, but I wonder if there are any real world tests on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Battery-life on my MacBooks haven't changed since I've bumped them to 4GB. No statistics, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmoarena Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Battery life mostly depends on display and harddrive. You don't have to worry about RAM right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSn1™ Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I didn't feel a noticeable change in the battery life, tried 1GB, 2GB and 4GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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