Re: Added memory HAS made a difference

You can go one step further and disable the paging file. Everything above
512MB RAM allows you - as a speed option- to disable it, allowing the system
only to use RAm instead of laying some on the HDD. I have 1024 and tried it,
but when videoediting or using really large files it will bother more than
it helps. But for Office and such stuff, even games I only can recommend
that. Indexing is by default disabled on every computer I own/ owned. There
seems to be now great use, maybe in MS Vista we will experience something
better.

just my 2cents


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