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10/25/11 10:25
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 		 #184358 - Even software that doesn't use the RAM itself profits.
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Per Westermark said:
FPGA and PCB routing is "specialist" applications.

I think photography is one of the few "normal" applications that have a legitimate reason to gobble many GB of memory. And with "normal" here, I think about well-spread applications used by lots of people, many who are not professionals.


The OS will use unused memory for caching and (in newer OSes) pre-loading of frequently used applications. So even if the software would run fine with less RAM, having more means less time spent staring at loading screens and a more responsive system.

In notebooks, more RAM can even (counter-intuitively) mean that the battery lasts longer, since there's less need for actually accessing the HD (a power hog compared to memory).

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To be or not to be 32bit or 64bit            01/01/70 00:00      
   64-bit            01/01/70 00:00      
      the other side of the coin            01/01/70 00:00      
         Megasoft Windozes - Ecological disaster?            01/01/70 00:00      
   There's another way ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      2 operating systems            01/01/70 00:00      
         RE: You have to partition            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not necessarily the best way ...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Maybe not            01/01/70 00:00      
         What's relevant in this case ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Win7 x64 Prof. wih Vitual PC            01/01/70 00:00      
      Hard to beleive            01/01/70 00:00      
         win7 Virtualization            01/01/70 00:00      
      Sounds highly unlikely to me!            01/01/70 00:00      
         It's pretty much true.            01/01/70 00:00      
      Gotcha on XP VM on Win7            01/01/70 00:00      
         Virtualization            01/01/70 00:00      
   I'd be interested to know, too!            01/01/70 00:00      
      about a year ago            01/01/70 00:00      
         win7 Dell and virtualization            01/01/70 00:00      
            HA - this is hilarious            01/01/70 00:00      
               win7 virtualization            01/01/70 00:00      
                  how does what I "have to do"            01/01/70 00:00      
                     PC XT @10MHz            01/01/70 00:00      
                        how about staying with the issue            01/01/70 00:00      
                        None of my Windows stuff that runs on the oldtimers ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Ever heard of VMWare?            01/01/70 00:00      
            Real world often less ideal            01/01/70 00:00      
               context is everything.            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Of course context is important - but which meaning intended?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Workstations            01/01/70 00:00      
                  The case is pretty ugly, though            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Kewl fan lights            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I have to agree ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   4+GB of RAM.            01/01/70 00:00      
      You just need more than 4GB            01/01/70 00:00      
         I haven't really noticed that            01/01/70 00:00      
            Not machines            01/01/70 00:00      
         stuff that needs RAM            01/01/70 00:00      
            Few non-specialist programs needs lots of RAM            01/01/70 00:00      
               Even software that doesn't use the RAM itself profits.            01/01/70 00:00      

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