Slightly different memory question

[Scott]

Karl F. Larsen wrote:

> So I upgraded to 2 GB and now the 
> swap file does not need to be there. It is ever used with 2 GB of RAM.
> 
>     So why have 4 GB??
For me, a couple reasons.  Like you I wanted enough RAM that the swap 
would not need to be used which 2GB does seem good.  But, as I already 
mentioned I knew my Video card would take a small chunk of RAM away and 
I wanted that replaced.  My last main reason was because I planned on 
keeping this laptop for a while and it is much more easy and cheaper (I 
got a package deal) to get RAM now then get it when I need it down the 
road.  Not to mention RAM is cheap I was paying only $50 a Gig before 
the deal was added on.

I also do have crappy old Vista on this laptop and that eats up RAM like 
there was no tomorrow.  It uses more than 1 Gig of RAM just sitting 
there doing nothing!  I only use Vista for a couple games that will not 
play on Linux and they work really well with the 4Gigs of RAM.  If you 
wonder the games are EQII, Space Empires, and Civ4.

-- 
Your friend,
Scott
http://sgaming.ca

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