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Ditto what Shelleyrae said!
I was waiting to talk to my DH tonight since he is the computer expert, and I didn't want to mispeak. Shared memory literally is that. Your graphics card and your processor share memory so that 1 gig RAM is really only like 875Meg or if you get one that only has 512 RAM then it really is only like 388 Meg usable for your processes. And to top it off, generally the graphics card/chip in the laptop that is using shared memory and doesn't have its own dedicated memory (like Shelleyrae was talking about) are usually not as good of graphics cards/chips. And with a graphics intensive hobby like scrapbooking, you really do want a good one. We own a Dell as well because they are one of the few places you can get what you want, still for a pretty good deal. Right now they are having a sale for their anneversary (something like 22% off), just in case you want to check them out. But I did want to answer your initial question (in addition to what Shelleyrae wrote). I hope that helps!
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