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RAM being used

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by amaurer2, 2009/04/30.

  1. 2009/04/30
    amaurer2

    amaurer2 Inactive Thread Starter

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    I am running Vista Home Premium 64 bit and I have 4 Gigs of RAM. Is it unusual to be using about 2 Gigs while The computer is idle?
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Sounds normal to me. I'm guessing by idle you mean you don't have any applications open. Might do a fresh reboot and check the amount again..But Vista is a pig when it comes to using lots of ram....
     
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    amaurer2

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    Thanks. Maybe I should've bought the computer with 8 gigs of RAM.
     
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    Thanks. I did the reboot and then it was only using 1.48 Gigs. Maybe I should have bought the computer with 8 Gigs instead.
     
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    Steve R Jones

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    Keep in mind that "Unused ram is wasted ram. "
     
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    Exactly! So you have 2GB ram not being used, so instead of 4GB you could have gotten 2GB :D
     
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    :D

    I ran Vista for ages on 1GB, but only for basic operations. It ran OK. I could eventually make it "fall over" by opening too many applications, but I knew that was going to happen.
     
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