how much meg do I "really" need?

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Carol B.

I've been told that 326 meg of RAM is best vs. 128 meg for
running Windows XP. Is this true? I thought 128 was fine.
Does it depend on how much other stuff (programs) you want
on your PC? Just need something for a very small business
w/Quicken & Office 2000 - that's all.
(sorry if this is a duplicate)

Thanks for your help anyone!
 
Windows XP needs at least 128MB RAM minimum to run properly.
Adding memory-intensive applications may require more. I would
suggest having at least 256MB RAM installed.....326MB is better
and 512MB optimal. Adding additional RAM is properly the best
cost-efficient way to increase the overall performance of running
Windows XP.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I've been told that 326 meg of RAM is best vs. 128 meg for
| running Windows XP. Is this true? I thought 128 was fine.
| Does it depend on how much other stuff (programs) you want
| on your PC? Just need something for a very small business
| w/Quicken & Office 2000 - that's all.
| (sorry if this is a duplicate)
|
| Thanks for your help anyone!
 
In fact working in todays graphic intense world 326MB is not enough.(this figure is suspect as it should read either 320 or 384 5x64 or 6x64) RAM is cheap and the very minimum you should have, in my opinion, in order to cover all posibilities from word processing to games is 512MB. The more RAM you have the more you can keep ready at your finger tips and your machine will be faster. RAM is equal to your desktop at work. The larger your desk the more work you can have easily at hand to access and work on. The pagefile is like your filing cabinet and if you have to walk over and put a file in there that you are working on as you desktop is too small and then you need the file again you have to walk back over there put a file in from your desk and then take the one out you want to work on and return in to you desk(I\O operations). This explanation is not entirely accurate but it serves to explain why you should have as much RAM as you can afford in simple to understand no tech babble. Good luck.
 
Carol said:
I've been told that 326 meg of RAM is best vs. 128 meg for
running Windows XP. Is this true? I thought 128 was fine.
Does it depend on how much other stuff (programs) you want
on your PC? Just need something for a very small business
w/Quicken & Office 2000 - that's all.
(sorry if this is a duplicate)

Thanks for your help anyone!
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With my machine just idleing, my XP uses @200-300meg of RAM, with
@100-200meg of virtual memory (swap file). My system contains 512meg of
RAM -- which is about right for the devices and CPU which is on my machine.
I would LIKE a gig of RAM. But that's a story for another time...
 
I've been told that 326 meg of RAM is best vs. 128 meg for
running Windows XP. Is this true? I thought 128 was fine.
Does it depend on how much other stuff (programs) you want
on your PC? Just need something for a very small business
w/Quicken & Office 2000 - that's all.
(sorry if this is a duplicate)

Thanks for your help anyone!
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RAM is very affordable. I put in 1 gig and never looked back. There is no
combination of functions I can't run and encounter a memory problem.
 
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