How to choose the right amount of computer memory for your business needs

Wondering how much memory you need for your computer, your laptop, or your iPod? How much memory do I need for computer, iPod, laptop, etc.? Determining the amount of memory that you need for any of your electronic devices depends on what you will be using your computer for and the type of computer or electronic device that you need. Fortunately, it is easy to upgrade your computer and to add more memory through the use of external hard drives or any other memory upgrade.

Novice / administrative use
If you only need to use your computer for sending and receiving email and for some document preparation with a word processing program, you should be fine with only 64MB of memory. But it is definitely to your advantage to upgrade to at least 128MB of memory.

Basic use
If you are going to use your computer for email, word processing, typical applications, and using the Internet, then it would be beneficial to upgrade from 128MB of memory (which is acceptable) to 265MB of memory.

Professional use
If you use several business applications, or if you play computer games, or if you need to use graphics, then you need to have at least 512MB of memory on your computer.

Advanced use
Anyone who uses graphics, digital images, video, or CAD software, then you need at least 512MB of memory, if not more. If you are a professional graphics designer, if you use modeling software, or advanced use of images and video, then you should upgrade to at least 1 GB of memory.

The amount of memory that you need for your computer or your laptop also depends on the operating system that you are using, combined with what you are using it for-entry level work (email, picture sharing, basic Office) , mainstream work (music management, photo sharing, personal finance, basic Office, creative software), performance work (downloading and managing music, photos, and video, full Office applications, interactive Internet use), or the highest end of professional level work-added to whether or not you are using a desktop or a laptop. The information following is based on the type of operating system that is used, and divided by the type of computer (desktop or notebook).

Windows Vista
Desktop use
Entry use: 1GB to 3GB
Mainstream use: 2GB to 4GB
Performance use: 2GB to 8GB
High-end use: 4GB tp System mas

Notebook use
Entry use: 1GB-3GB
Mainstream use: 2GB to 3GB
Performance use: 2GB to 8GB
High-end use: 4GB tp System mas

Windows XP Professional and Home
Windows XP is one of the best choices to make for both home use and professional office use. The bottom line of memory that you will need is 128MB to 256MB of memory. However, for optimal use of Windows XP Professional and Home, you need from 512MB of memory to 1GB of memory.
Administrative and service use
Light use: 128MB to 256MB of memory
Medium use: 128MB to 256MB of memory
Heavy use: 256MB to 512MB of memory

Executives and analysts
Light use: 128MB to 256MB of memory
Medium use: 256MB to 512MB of memory
Heavy use: 512MB to 1GB of memory

Engineers and designers
Light use: 256MB to 512MB of memory
Medium use: 512MB to 1GB of memory
Heavy use: 1GB to 2GB of memory

Of course, for different applications and more use, particularly with different games, you will need even more memory. It depends on your own personal needs; these are only baseline and broad generalizations.

Macs will use comparable amounts of memory; however, different applications require different degrees of memory. Macs are substantially different from PCs; check each application to determine the amount of memory that they will need, and purchase upgrades accordingly.

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