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<blockquote data-quote="a1laserboy" data-source="post: 325347" data-attributes="member: 22852"><p>Just wondering - I installed istat pro widget - it gives me that "i know what's happening in my computer" fuzzy feeling that I can't get rid of from my PC days.</p><p></p><p>My question is - out of my 1 gig ram, I get some "wired", some "active", some "free" and some INACTIVE. Now, when I run loads of apps, I end up with almost no free left, but still a fair bit "inactive" (over 100Mb).</p><p></p><p>With itunes playing a video, imovie, idvd, imovie, iphoto, firefox, skype, address book running, I get the free memory down to about 10Mb, but I still get nice smooth music.</p><p></p><p>So, how come this inactive ram is inactive, and I wonder if Id get more free ram if I was to install 2Gb? - would it make a difference to me in my every day useage?</p><p></p><p>cheers <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="a1laserboy, post: 325347, member: 22852"] Just wondering - I installed istat pro widget - it gives me that "i know what's happening in my computer" fuzzy feeling that I can't get rid of from my PC days. My question is - out of my 1 gig ram, I get some "wired", some "active", some "free" and some INACTIVE. Now, when I run loads of apps, I end up with almost no free left, but still a fair bit "inactive" (over 100Mb). With itunes playing a video, imovie, idvd, imovie, iphoto, firefox, skype, address book running, I get the free memory down to about 10Mb, but I still get nice smooth music. So, how come this inactive ram is inactive, and I wonder if Id get more free ram if I was to install 2Gb? - would it make a difference to me in my every day useage? cheers :) [/QUOTE]
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