Which 2GB RAM product(s) have been tested with the R2H? Does it matter?

Has anyone attempted a 1.8 100GB HDD upgrade?

Mike, none of the UMPCs that I know of have a second slot. All RAM swaps have been the removal of a SODIMM and the replacement of another SODIMM. The only minor exception is with the Asus R2H which has 256 MB of RAM soldered on the board to complement its single RAM slot.

You’re correct that RAM needs power all of the time and that’s my point. It’s not a variable amount of power like a HDD would use as it spins up, seeks, etc…. The same amount of power is supplied to the RAM when the machine is in use. It shouldn’t matter what the storage capacity of the RAM is from what I know; it’s always using the same amount of power, i.e.: no effect on battery.

Clarify: When you put in that 2GB, did you take out the original 1GB? I thought there was a second slot?

HD is not RAM. RAM needs electrons all the time or it loses data! HD only needs juice to spin up/down, r/w. Your RAM is *D* RAM, not Flash, right?

Mike, why would the battery be chewed up faster? Put a different way: if I swap a 40 GB hard drive with a 60 GB hard drive and the drives had the exact same power requirements, read/write speeds, etc….would you expect a hit on battery life when all you’ve done is changed the capacity?

The power difference should be negligible or non-existent. I could be very wrong about that, but logically, I don’t expect any tangible difference which is why the test is low on my priority list….

Any battery life specs yet? Do you notice your battery being chewed up faster?!

I want to see someone try to upgrade the Q1 Ultra. I suspect it will work just fine though considering it’s Intel based. Frankly, that one should come with 2GB since they’re foisting Vista on people buying it. Well, aside from the one XP model…