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Comment from Memory Ten on 2009-11-20

2009-11-20T22:40:02Z

I read this blog and would leave my first comment. I don’t know what to say except NICE BLOG with a lot of information.

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Comment from Nicholas Gimbrone on 2009-05-25

2009-05-25T13:59:41Z

There is also the implied question around the phrase "& 1112 MB of virtual memory". Assuming your hard drive is not also already full, there is no reason not to up that to a much larger number... especially if you are tight on RAM! As RAM fills up, a normal part of the processing of the system is to move inactive portions of open programs to the hard disk... in that "virtual memory" area. Give the system room to store those inactive pages rather than a reason to complain that it is out of disk space. I run all my systems with at least 4GB (for some reason some installs have this as their max, and no, its not due to being a 32bit op sys, remember each process gets their own 2-3GB of private addressable memory, so a 32bit system can easilly be managing much more than 4GB of addressable virtual memory), and many with more (8-12GB).

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Comment from Stuart on 2009-05-20

2009-05-20T17:34:50Z

If you have to ask, I would say you need the extra RAM. For one thing, programmers and web page designers just assume that you have all that memory. They have become lazy over the years, and are not concerned with the resources (i.e. memory) that their software requires. In the past, programs were designed to be compact and efficient, and efforts were made to free up the memory they used once the program was finished. These days, that seems to be at the bottom of the programmer's priority list. Considering how inexpensive RAM has become, you will only see an improvement by adding more. If you are not comfortable installing it, take your machine to a store that offers computer service and let them do it. Many of them also offer free/inexpensive system analysis, which you would likely find informative regarding future decisions.

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Comment from Charles on 2009-05-19

2009-05-19T17:18:42Z

Re: Adding Memory
I have a Compaq Presario R3000 laptop, using 512 memory. Crucial says I can add another 512 or 1Meg. I bought another 512 chip but when I opened the slot, there was only room for one chip! Can it Be? What to do? Charles

Contact Crucial. It's possible that instead of adding a 512Meg chip, the existing one needed to be replaced with a 1gig? Or something else is at play.

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20-May-2009

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Comment from Mark Jacobs on 2009-05-17

2009-05-17T16:19:57Z

I have a 5 year old machine that I've given to my teens. I upped the RAM to 2GB and got a new direct x 10 graphics card and 320GB hard drive combined price under $200. It now does everything most people would ever need including playing some fairly demanding games. If you don't play Graphic intensive games or video editing you can skip the graphic card upgrade and get all you need out of it for a little over $100. Those three things usually have much more impact than a faster processor. And it's usually much better to replace your old ram with new ram and not just add ram as the new ram is usually faster but when combined with old ram it runs at the speed of the oldest ram you have installed.

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