cache?!?!? I wondered when I didn't find any information about the cache size!!! I made a simple search and found that the cache is 8md :( . it is really awful. they should mention that.
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I'm not agree with you, cache size matters, when you are working with you PC, watching movie, editing a picture and, you wanna move files to your Ex Hard disk. if the cache size is small, the bus will be busy all the time, moving files to the Ex-Hard disk and make sure it is written! but when the cache is big, you just send a huge amount of files to the Ex-HDD and do other jobs, after he finished writing, send another block of files. it gives you time to do other jobs.it doesn't matter you are using USB 2 or USB 6. the hard disk speed is much less than the speed of feeding.
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well is it really?and to be honest it wouldn't matter if it had 2mb cache, at usb 2.0 speed any drive made within the last 5 years and more could easily max out usb 2.0.
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Mine didn't work either. As a last resort, I thought I'd just just use it as a standard 8gb storage card. No luck. Computer shows it has only 93kb of storage space - not 8gb. Tried reformatting - no change. Just a $35 piece of garbage. My suggestion - throw it in the trash where it belongs.
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Update (since I previously said it WAS expandable): When I talked to a rep a couple of weeks ago, I was assured that the RAM was upgradeable, but it might have to go to one of their service centers. Just called in, and the sales rep said 2 gb was the max (BUT it was obvious she was just reading the same site info that I already had in front of me). Frustrating.
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Seems it is not possible unfortunately, but since there is a good SSD(128Gb), you will face a good performance even with only 4Gb RAM, and I think you also can use a Super Speed USB Pen Drive as a ReadyBoost to extend cache...
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@Homer SinghsonThanks for clarifying the firmware update. Lack of kinetic scrolling on the home page sounds acceptable, maybe even a good thing. Media lists really beg for KS, though. I'm glad it's there.
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update: my ram arrived today (thank you amazon prime!) and i'm running memtest on it right now. 16GB sure takes a while :-)
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7/14/14 8:00 AM PDT: Alan, I bought 8GB microSD's. I don't know if they are made in larger capacity chips. Have you been able to get D-Link to respond? That's an important question and consideration. I'd like to know the answer if you can get one. Thanks for the good question.
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Yeah, Amazon's got this info really messed up...I can't figure out what the difference is between this model and one $40 cheaper, as apparently they're both Atoms with 2GB and 64GB storage. The price difference would make sense if one of them had more storage (or SOMETHING), but I can't figure out what the difference is.
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Markus Twain, There is no attempt to mislead customers. The 1GB reference in the lower section is a typo, which will be corrected, nothing more. Thank you for bringing it to our attention!
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I asked my brother, a computer geek and a doctor, and he said 1G is more than enough RAM. He also asked me how often I use a bluetooth for anything now and the answer is never. Every month there are new computer specs and better equipment coming out so I will never have it all. I think I worry about making a mistake and not trusting my own decisions. Did you get yours yet?
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Sorry don't use unit anymore since I can't update the cache database. Maybe they set up units for sale in Metric for other countries and Standard for the US?
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heh Understood, and much more comforting to know you ran and it passed, three tests. >__>b I'm definitely interested, as this is a great deal for 16GB. Thanks for the quick response!
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Thanks for the update. Did you mean the WD 5400 rpm 1tb drive 8 cache.. Can't find it in 7200 rpm. Thanks
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Markus Twain,There is no attempt to mislead customers. The 1GB reference in the lower section is a typo, which will be corrected, nothing more. Thank you for bringing it to our attention!
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Tested? I don't know. I did order it based on comments in another thread. The netbook has shipped. I haven't received a shipping confirmation on the memory yet. There are comments elsewhere on Amazon about people using the faster memory without any trouble. I am more likely to leave comments in these discussion threads than write a review after I've used the netbook some.
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How much of a difference has the memory (upgrade to 4gig) made? I'm pretty happy with the speed in general, but every so often, I get the waiting gray icon.
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Just checked one of mine (using a great tool called "Crystal Disk Info". Great Tool, just choose "Custom install" {not express} and opt out of anything else, it's just bogus ads)So the speed says 5400RPM and it says 8Meg of flash (RAM). The actual internal hard drive is: wd10jmvw-11ajgs1 Look it up for more specs on the drive inside. Enjoy!