David W. Fenton wrote:
I've never ever seen any pieces of software list system requirements
in that way and assume you'll understand they mean *free* RAM instead
of *installed* RAM. You may be right that that's what they mean,
though, in which case, they should say so explicitly.
Well, isn't it assumed that it means free Ram? It is confusing though.
http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/productinfo/systemreqs/
Says 256Megs of Ram as well.
http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/systemreqs.html
And this says 320Megs. So, if I have a system with just that I can run it?
While I agree that RAM is cheap and that adding it is an excellent
way to speed up an old system, additional RAM actually has very
little effect on how fast *Finale* runs, because it's not a RAM-
hungry program in the first place.
I think we have had this debate before, and Finale does run better with
more Ram. I think it was a discussion about using a Ram disk for temp
files or something of the like.
Secondly, if the upgrade was bought by someone who is poor on the
basis of the system requirements listed at the URL above, then I
think it's reasonable for that purchaser to be upset to find out that
it means FREE RAM instead of INSTALLED RAM.
I still don't believe that's the case, though, as it would make no
sense, as you'd sometimes be able to run the installer and sometimes
not. Secondly, Windows calculates free RAM using the swap file, so
changing your swap file size could allow you to end up with the
system reporting more than 256MBs of free RAM, even though you
haven't added any actual RAM to the system.
It just doesn't make any sense to me for MM to mean FREE RAM instead
of INSTALLED RAM.
I suppose you can argue that running photoshop with just 320Megs of
actual ram is possible, but who really does it? Again, $20-$40 and the
problem is solved (IE: more RAM).
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