Comments on: Do I Have Enough RAM? Internet Marketing & Other Thoughts Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:14:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://jameskoliver.com/2008/04/12/do-i-have-enough-ram/comment-page-1/#comment-6 admin Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:31:25 +0000 http://jameskoliver.com/2008/04/12/do-i-have-enough-ram/#comment-6 Brett, that's actually something I was not familiar with. I'll have to look into that. I'll probably be seeing if I can turn it off! lol My laptop has 3 GB of memory, and I'm always hovering around 2GB with the usual applications open. I agree, seems like a waste to not be using it. I just like to see myself having plenty free :) Thanks for the insight. -James Oliver Brett, that’s actually something I was not familiar with. I’ll have to look into that. I’ll probably be seeing if I can turn it off! lol

My laptop has 3 GB of memory, and I’m always hovering around 2GB with the usual applications open.

I agree, seems like a waste to not be using it. I just like to see myself having plenty free :)

Thanks for the insight.
-James Oliver

]]> By: Brett Mitchell http://jameskoliver.com/2008/04/12/do-i-have-enough-ram/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Brett Mitchell Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:40:51 +0000 http://jameskoliver.com/2008/04/12/do-i-have-enough-ram/#comment-5 Hi James, Not sure if you're familiar with he reason Vista uses ram so quickly -- SuperFetch; it actively stores programs you use often in the ram so that when you launch programs, they launch faster. They don't need to be moved to the ram from the hard drive. If you have 4gb of ram, and Windows XP is reporting that you're using 512mb, the other 3.5 is really just a waste, sitting there. Why NOT use it to store programs? That being said, I wouldn't use Vista with less than 2gb either, so it's a moot point anyway. Cheers, Brett Hi James,

Not sure if you’re familiar with he reason Vista uses ram so quickly — SuperFetch; it actively stores programs you use often in the ram so that when you launch programs, they launch faster. They don’t need to be moved to the ram from the hard drive.

If you have 4gb of ram, and Windows XP is reporting that you’re using 512mb, the other 3.5 is really just a waste, sitting there. Why NOT use it to store programs?

That being said, I wouldn’t use Vista with less than 2gb either, so it’s a moot point anyway.

Cheers,

Brett

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