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<blockquote data-quote="MacsWork" data-source="post: 121567" data-attributes="member: 11094"><p>It's my understanding that Active memory is just that. Memory currently in use. Inactive memory is memory that was at one point in use but is available to be used if needed at any time. I stores recent info to be accessed quicker if the scenario presents itself. Free memory is just that ,...free and unused yet.</p><p></p><p>Regardless you ideally should have at least 512mb. If you think of RAM as the top of you desk and Harddrive(swapfile) as your filing cabinet, you see that it's quicker to access things from your desk(hopefully) then moving to your filing cabinet. Therefore if your desk is larger you need to accesss your filing cabinet less. If you feel your desk is to small buy more RAM.</p><p></p><p>512 is plenty for day to day 256 is bare minimum</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacsWork, post: 121567, member: 11094"] It's my understanding that Active memory is just that. Memory currently in use. Inactive memory is memory that was at one point in use but is available to be used if needed at any time. I stores recent info to be accessed quicker if the scenario presents itself. Free memory is just that ,...free and unused yet. Regardless you ideally should have at least 512mb. If you think of RAM as the top of you desk and Harddrive(swapfile) as your filing cabinet, you see that it's quicker to access things from your desk(hopefully) then moving to your filing cabinet. Therefore if your desk is larger you need to accesss your filing cabinet less. If you feel your desk is to small buy more RAM. 512 is plenty for day to day 256 is bare minimum [/QUOTE]
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