On Wed, 2007-09-19 at 09:37 -0500, Billie Walsh wrote: > > > My own personal theory is that if you are able to max out the memory > usable by the computer, do it. > > Reason: > > Memory is faster than hard drives. The more memory you have available > the less you have to rely on swap. > > I have 1.5G and would like to get it up to 2G [ max on my particular > board ]. No, I don't use it all ALL the time. Generally it shows some > free during normal usage. BUT, on some days I get things opening and > moving around and I may have both desktops swamped with stuff going in > different directions. >
Maximize mem sounds nice, but... Would you rather use a dual-core with 8GB or a quad-core with 4GB. or: 4GB DDR-3 or 8GB DDR-2 Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
