The not too technical answer to why 4Gig is small today is because OSes only ever get bigger, and apps only get bigger, and data only ever gets bigger.
My new iMac has sixteen (count 'em!) gigabytes of RAM and I have already managed to max it out. Now I don't expect you'd be trying this stunt, but I loaded-up K-3 12 DNG files from Lightroom into Photoshop and proceeded to composite them. It worked, but when I tried to do something else the iMac became very unresponsive while the disks got real busy. It was swapping memory like crazy for many minutes before I could continue. Trust us when we say that you need more than 4 Gig RAM. :) On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks P.J. ... could you elaborate without getting to super techy on why 4 > gig would be constraining on 7 vs XP? > > And a question for the class... while I think about it.. > I want to save about 20,000 emails from Thunderbird to my external harddrive > - where are they hiding? (the external is a 1t seagate) > > T I a > ann > > > On 4/30/2015 11:44, P.J. Alling wrote: >> >> It looks pretty good, fast enough, with a pretty big HD. The only >> potential problem I see with it is the Ram is already maxed out at 4 >> gig. That would be fine using Win XP, it might be a bit constraining >> with Win7. >> >> On 4/30/2015 11:40 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>> >>> BRuce, >>> tahnks for suggestion but... >>> >>> No no and no - I loathe Macs, I've been using windows for over 20 >>> years .. Using my friends mac is agony. It is NOT simpler at all and >>> physically annoying . Not to mention I have stuff that wont run on a mac. >>> >>> It isn't true, either, that macs are safe from viri these days and >>> the problems I'm having are nothing to do with a virus. >>> >>> Now boys and girls, >>> I saw this offer from Staples on line >>> >>> >>> http://www.staples.com/HP-8000-Win-7-Pro-Refurbished-SFF-Desktop-PC-4GB-RAM-1/product_591658?externalize=certona >>> >>> >>> Comments? >>> >>> I think the best thing for me to do is get a refurbed computer with >>> Win 7 on it... Use that for web, and keep my lovely old dell for >>> working off line , rather than installing 7 on it. I did that before when >>> I upgraded, kept my old windows 98 bus that had things on it I didnt >>> want to lose and could only run on that... >>> >>> annsan >>> windows bigot :-) >>> >>> >>> On 4/30/2015 10:04, Bruce Walker wrote: >>>> >>>> Ann, not to be "that Mac bigot", but have you considered an >>>> inexpensive Mac? Sounds like you can use your neighbors Mac with no >>>> trouble. It might just be a more pleasant way for you to get back on >>>> the air again. No more virus worries, simpler to work (in general). >>>> >>>> If you bought a Mac Mini for $499 you can use your existing monitor >>>> (through a cable adapter: Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter), keyboard >>>> and mouse. I'd suggest a refurb Mac Mini but they don't have any right >>>> now. >>>> >>>> Just a wild thought. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Ann Sanfedele<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> well it looks like time has come - >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> what can you guys tell me about this? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Dell's "Inspiron Small Desktop 3000 Series with Windows 7 Professional" >>>>> >>>>> It's under $400 - >>>>> >>>>> advice needed >>>>> >>>>> for reasons I can't explain (but somehow Avast is involved), I can't >>>>> sign into any site that I go to that needs me to sign in.. >>>>> >>>>> I'm pretty much a wreck - using a neighbor's mac for ebay access.. >>>>> >>>>> I can browse, I can send email, but I can't log in to anything >>>>> buy my time warner account >>>>> >>>>> now I hvae to try to sleep >>>>> >>>>> ann >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
