Debbie, > Well I should clarify -- when I ran XP with only 256 RAM I was also using > Norton AV and firewall and System Works, MS Office, with Outlook > constantly > on, and the combination of those programs were very sluggish on my system > before I upgraded to 512 RAM.
My understanding is that XP will operate with 256 Meg. My daugherer user her machine with only 128 meg for a long time, did internet, etc. She just didn't know that things should take so long. Mainly I was saying that you don't need a Gig of ram unless you just want that much. I have machines with a Gig and with 512 Meg and I can see no difference. I'm still not convinced that XP manages ram very well. And of course sometimes the balance between ram and virtual memory should be fine tuned. I just don't know what the balance should be. I think that just bumping ram up to a Gig would only make a difference if someone fine tuned the virtual ram. I could be wrong of course. And it may also depend on the demand you make on the ram. I tinker all the time with my computers but I do not do video editing, high end gaming or other things that demand a lot of ram. Jim ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
