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My memory needs an upgrade.....
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1805100" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>To know how much more you want to go, you need to know how much of your 8GB you are actively using. So with your normal apps/data loaded, open up Activity Monitor and go over to the Memory tab. Take a look at the bottom part and what you care most about is Wired Memory and Swap Used.</p><p></p><p>If your Wired is high, then you have less free memory available from your 8GB and as such your Swap will be high as well. This means that your apps are keeping a lot of things in memory and as such, you will benefit from going higher on memory (based on your budget).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1805100, member: 110816"] To know how much more you want to go, you need to know how much of your 8GB you are actively using. So with your normal apps/data loaded, open up Activity Monitor and go over to the Memory tab. Take a look at the bottom part and what you care most about is Wired Memory and Swap Used. If your Wired is high, then you have less free memory available from your 8GB and as such your Swap will be high as well. This means that your apps are keeping a lot of things in memory and as such, you will benefit from going higher on memory (based on your budget). [/QUOTE]
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