Article: Most Windows 7 PCs max out memory [InfoWorld]

[KeepSix]

I'm running W7 64 with 8GB. I have never seen it go above 50%. Ever. That's while editing HD video and multitasking several other programs. If I had 3.3 GB I suppose it would bottleneck, but these 'average' users couldn't be using that much horsepower, or could they?! Maybe using social networking apps while running a botnet spam server and making lolcat posters.. I dunno.

[lowfat]

The article is crap. Oh noes! Windows 7 has better memory management and it uses more ram when idle. This is such a bad thing.

If you would rather have your ram doing absolutely nothing instead of being useful than turn off Superfetch.

[LarkStarr]

what that?

SUPAHFETCH!


oh noes! an operating system that actually keeps up with the times ad requires more resources for use! it's not like *insert any other program here* doesn't do that!

[Zero82z]

This is why you do research before you write an article. So you don't end up with stupid shit like this.

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by lowfat

The article is crap. Oh noes! Windows 7 has better memory management and it uses more ram when idle. This is such a bad thing.

If you would rather have your ram doing absolutely nothing instead of being useful than turn off Superfetch.

I hate this argument seriously.

Modern computers run so fast that opening a program doesn't take 10 years like it used to anymore.

So why bother caching memory for? That is beyond me.

[Zero82z]

Originally Posted by enaberif

I hate this argument seriously.

Modern computers run so fast that opening a program doesn't take 10 years like it used to anymore.

So why bother caching memory for? That is beyond me.

As opposed to what? Not using the RAM for anything? A PC might be 'fast enough', but if you can make it even faster, why not?

[Perineum]

I've had up around 90% mem usage, but that's after a looooooong time... couple months uptime I'd say.

[chrisk]

Originally Posted by Perineum

I've had up around 90% mem usage, but that's after a looooooong time... couple months uptime I'd say.

Not learning to use Office 2007 obviously...

[Perineum]

Gah! Eat my ass!

I should mention that my machine never felt "slow" or "bogged down" with memory at 90%

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by Zero82z

As opposed to what? Not using the RAM for anything? A PC might be 'fast enough', but if you can make it even faster, why not?

Just because a car has a speedometer that goes to 220 I suppose we should right? I mean why waste all that speed?

Its something that is not necessary.