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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
Yes, but are they more of a drain on battery than RAM?
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Absolutely writing and reading flash takes way more power than RAM
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
RAM needs to be refreshed constantly, and it takes power to do that. So, technically 2GB of RAM will use twice as much power to maintain as 1 GB of RAM.
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Yes but if you need to reload data from flash, that will drain way more battery because now you also get the CPU involved. The CPU/GPU is the most power hungry component beside the screen.
When you put your laptop to sleep, for example, the RAM stays awake but the system still uses relatively little power.
Apple doesn't give you more memory because they can get away with it. Plain and simple.