That's a false generalization. The 4MB in my several Windows systems is twice as much as I have ever needed.
On the Mac I'm testing large-footprint server software in multiple VMs, so 8GB is cramped, but if I could swap my Mac for had two real PCs running 32-bit Linux with 4GB each I'd have better performance with fewer compatibility problems at a lower price. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Matt Sullivan <sullivanma...@gmail.com> wrote: > So adding RAM to your system would make your system(s) more usable...thx for > clarifying. > > > -Matt > > Matt R. Sullivan > co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 > P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | m...@mattrsullivan.com > > @mattrsullivan linkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com > > > > > On Feb 19, 2014, at 9:00 AM, Robert Lauriston <rob...@lauriston.com> wrote: > > If you're using only half the RAM you have, as is the case for my 4GB > Windows systems, adding more won't speed things up. > > If you load more software than will fit in the amount of RAM you have, > your system will slow down so much it might as well have crashed. That > happened to me at work the other day: I have two VMs running > enterprise software, they take up 3GB each, and my Mac has only 8GB. > If I start a third VM by mistake, the system becomes totally > unresponsive. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
