[X4U] RAM usage

[Nick Scalise]

Could it be "Do I need more memory?"

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---- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote: 
> 
> A couple years ago someone on this recommended a tool for determining if you
> need to add more RAM to your Mac or not, and I think it might have even
> offered some advice on how much to add.  Does this sound familiar to anyone?
> 
> On my G5 2x2 that I just upgraded last weekend from 10.3.9 to 10.4.9, I have
> 3.5GB RAM.  There are typically two other users logged in besides myself,
> but at most they typically have Safari open.  I've seen Virtual Memory usage
> as high as 14GB with the system having only been up for a few days, and not
> many applications running on my side.  While the memory problems on 10.4.9
> with 3.5GB aren't as severe as they were with 10.4 and only 1.5GB two years
> ago, they're still bad enough I'm thinking about adding another 2GB RAM.
> 
> I realize I could help fix the problem by not having so many things running
> at once, however, that would mean drastically altering the method in which I
> use the system.
> 
> Zane
> 
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