Mark Lanctot wrote:

> I've never really understood why people use so much RAM.  512 MB is
> plenty for me.  I never get into paging unless I open a dozen
> uncompressed images in GIMP.

Because the OS can use it to cache disk reads, etc.

Plenty of RAM can have a more beneficial effect than a faster
processor/disk in many cases.

I make a point of maxing out *all* the PCs I use with as much RAM as
possible (2GB in my laptop, 4GB in my P4 server, 1.5GB in my P3 server,
etc.)

R.

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