What is the difference in memeory between a PC and a laptop?

Question

Do modern laptops have as much memory power as PCs? I'm thinking of buying a laptop but wanted to know if I am giving away lots of memory compared to a PC. For example, if i was running a high memory programe would it be a lot slower on a laptop compared to a PC?

Answer 1

With laptops you almost always are giving up some performance and computing power for the portability compared to a desktop.  However, most modern dual core or greater laptops with at least 2 gigabytes of main memory can do just about anything and in a reasonable amount of time.

Answer 2

memory is memory(RAM) my laptop i am typing this on has 4 gigs of ram, more than enuff for ne app.  I even game with WOW on here and have no issues.  

Answer 3

You can overclock the desktop memory. And the SDRAM on desktops have more pins, and have heatsinks to allow for faster heat dispersion, which means higher/faster performance.

Laptops are not meant to compete with a desktop. If everything is factory-settings, they'd run about the same. But since desktops cool better, the advantage is theirs from the start.