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Low end system all around. Save your money and don’t add memory. You can’t use more than 4 Mb unless you upgrade to 64-bit OS.

Actually the limit in a 32 bit system is around 3.3 gigs. to get to it most people run 4 Gb of DDR3 ram in paired 2 GB chips. All of the newer multicore processors are capable of running a 64 bit operating system which can address much more ram, but it is hard to get over 16 Gb of DDR3 ram in a laptop. I believe all MS systems are usually shipping with the 64 bit OS installed, and when you buy windows, you have the option to install either version. I am running Windows 7 64 bit home premium on a 8 year old Toshiba satellite and it runs just as well as the 32 bit operating system did with 2 Gb of ram on a dual core celeron chip.