More RAM == Lower Battery Life on Notebook?

I think the subject says it all. Is there a material impact on notebook
battery life if I were to, say, double my installed RAM from 1 to 2Gb?
References to info on this subject would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Bob

Personally I'd have thought the power demands of running the extra memory
would be eclipsed by the power demands of swapping data to and from the hard
disk with just the 1GB.

If you use heavy duty apps or a number of apps concurrently that thrash the
hard drive, you'll probably get longer battery life with the extra memory.

Anyone else?

"Bob Manjoney" <rjmct@acm.org> wrote in message
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>I think the subject says it all. Is there a material impact on notebook
>battery life if I were to, say, double my installed RAM from 1 to 2Gb?
>References to info on this subject would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Bob

Bren -

That's a good point that I had not considered.

I need the extra RAM no matter what. If I need an extra battery, so be it!

Bob

"Bren" <bren@coffeetime.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Personally I'd have thought the power demands of running the extra memory
> would be eclipsed by the power demands of swapping data to and from the
> hard disk with just the 1GB.
>
> If you use heavy duty apps or a number of apps concurrently that thrash
> the hard drive, you'll probably get longer battery life with the extra
> memory.
>
> Anyone else?
>
> "Bob Manjoney" <rjmct@acm.org> wrote in message
> news:BAC8A9C3-5EF1-4E4E-907B-ED926392F77C@microsoft.com...
>>I think the subject says it all. Is there a material impact on notebook
>>battery life if I were to, say, double my installed RAM from 1 to 2Gb?
>>References to info on this subject would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Bob
>

I upgraded from 1 gig to 2 gigs and have found a battery life boost, not
substantial, but definitly there.

Ben

"Bob Manjoney" <rjmct@acm.org> wrote in message
news:BAC8A9C3-5EF1-4E4E-907B-ED926392F77C@microsoft.com...
>I think the subject says it all. Is there a material impact on notebook
>battery life if I were to, say, double my installed RAM from 1 to 2Gb?
>References to info on this subject would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Bob