It was 2011 when the Intel Atom N455 met the 4GB RAM stick—an unlikely marriage, some said. The netbook’s tombstone read: “Max 2GB.” But I had read the chipset’s fine print: NM10, officially 2GB, but Intel’s own datasheet hinted at 4GB if you dared. I dared.
Even if you manage to find a rare board that accepts a 4GB module, the N455's single-core architecture becomes the primary bottleneck long before you hit the memory ceiling. intel atom n455 4gb ram
The stock N455 is crippled by its anemic memory capacity. Windows 7 Starter (the original OS) would chug just trying to load a PDF. It was 2011 when the Intel Atom N455