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Date:	Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:00:54 PST7
From:	"Dave Watson" <xowatson@concentric.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: RAM

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"[Sandy's] question is: With OS/2 (ECS or Warp 4.5), is there an
optimum amount of RAM, or does more equal better?"

It depends. You need as much as your programs need. Every
program you open carves out a piece of memory for itself. If you
run lots of programs, you use lots of memory. 64M (<$10) is
enough for many people. 128M ($13) is enough for most.

Mac OS has always had a nice little utility that lists every program
running (and the OS) and the memory allocated to it. I used a
simple memory monitor for Warp years ago when memory was
more expensive. Look at Hobbes in pub/os2/utils and you'll find a
few.

An easy indicator is watching the disk light. If you have lots of disk
activity, that's a sign the system might be doing a lot of paging and
you might improve performance with more RAM. If it's fairly quiet,
you probably have enough. For now...

Like Steve said, at current prices, buying more is probably good
insurance.

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