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Memory upgrades are the same desktop and laptop and desktop memory can be used in laptops and vice versa?

Why why can not use the memory of your laptop's desktop, notebook, sub-notebook or netbook (as they all apply here) and vice versa.

For any response to short and if the desktop memory can be used in laptops

Unfortunately except in very limited computer memory desktop computers can not be used as a portable laptop computer memory can not be used in desktop computers. There are several reasons behind this and to learn why I recommend you read below the longer answer. In case of being hit by the time however, remember, laptop memory upgrades can not be used as memory upgrades, desktop and vice versa, as they vary in size.

The long answer if memory can be desktop used in portable computers (recommended)

To appreciate why can not the memory usage of laptop computers desktop and vice versa, you first have to remove the unique facet that breaks this rule. On the same days of age when the laptops are just appeared memory is used that is included in SIMM, also known as online-only-memory-modules. These were actually the same used in desktop computers in time, either 30pin or 72pin configurations. As portable computers entered the mainstream and thus became less of a brick and more than a tool made this change mobile facet.

Since laptops became the mainstream have used a variation of computer memory same used in desktop computers. For this reason it is common to encounter model names, such as PC2100, PC2700, PC3200, PC2-3200, PC2-5300, and even more Recently, PC3-8500, etc which is also in memory of the computer desktop. The reason behind the very important "why" is that computers Laptops are simply a subset of personal computers. Are designed around the same principles therefore make use of a series of the same technologies. The "why" of why to use a wide range of technology delivery is an issue in itself, but for now the best way to think of it is that as a result of these, are made compatible and therefore can run the same software and hardware used very similar.

What are the differences you you may ask? From the above we know that the key differentiator is the memory technology. DDR PC2100 Memory for laptops is the same as PC2100 DDR memory on desktop computers, and the same goes for laptop PC2-5300 DDR2 memory and DDR2 PC2-5300 desktop, etc. The difference is actually in the memory module itself. If you remember from above laptops, very old uses memory that is included in SIMM 30/72pin well as desktop computers did in his day. modern laptop computer memory DIMM lights, also known as dual-line memory modules. This is not the main difference, however, to find it is necessary to introduce SO-DIMM, which is the range of DIMM laptop.

SO-DIMM are miniature versions of DIMMs. Depending on the memory technology leading on board (are welded to the PCB – Printed Circuit Board) that something will vary in size and number of pins they have. For this reason is not only easy to say updates memory, other memory upgrades for desktop laptop with just looking, but also understand why it can not be used in desktop computers. Because SO-DIMM have fewer pins, for example 144pins 168pins Vs in the case of the laptop / desktop SDRAM memory, which are smaller and therefore better adapted to laptop computers. Incidentally, because the laptops have a limited space inside, this explains why SO-DIMM is designed and even goes so far as to explain why nowadays some laptops can be so thin and yet so powerful.

Conclusion

I hope this has been helpful and that you can now explain this to your friends and colleagues if ever in doubt. In conclusion we will have a quick overview. Only very old laptops use the same memory as desktop computers. This was because they were large and heavy, space in mobile computing were really a problem. As laptops become mainstream, and therefore the space became a computer problem is designers forced to invent SO-DIMM. These are considerably smaller than desktop DIMM and SIMM now feature former and fewer pins. Despite these differences, the memory technology used is identical to that of desktop computers. If you compact the above together to get a short answer would be simply this – memory upgrades can not work on desktop computers because they are smaller, and as a result, does not fit into the memory slots larger.

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