When buying a new laptop, how many GB's of Ram is decent?

for an average user 1GB would be enough in most cases, 2GB would be very decent and now I am seeing some laptops with 4GB but won't be useful for average users.

I am running Windows 2008 server, and sql server 2008 on my laptop with 1GB RAM. If I want to run multiple instances of VMWare then I would need more memory. But this is not a profile of an average user.

Hope this helps.

You will want 4 gb especially if the laptop has Windows Vista.

1GB suffices for most users, and you can always upgrade - check www.crucial.com for the cheapest RAM around. Upgrading to 2, 3 or 4 GB make the computer run much snappier.

no less than 2. u can get laptops with 3 for only like $700. 4 is overkill unless u game or use very intensive programs

Decent? 2-3 should be be enough for the average user.

the most I've ever seen offered in a laptop is 4 gigs, but that is the best amount to have no matter what OS you're using for a laptop

2 is decent. 3 is good. 4 is ideal, especially with Vista.

2 GB are sufficient

it depends on what operating system you will use.

and how many programs and what programs will you use too.

And as far as i know for standard laptop, the max GB of RAM is 4GB.

for xp

2 to 3

for vista 2 to 4

in any case

strip off all the preloaded bloateware that all builder seems to put on them

( Dell, HP are notoriuos for this )