Re: Inactive ram Vs free ram?

In article <1123613719.157468.62340@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
henree64@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I recently started paying more attention to the activity monitor. And
> it said that out of the 192mb of ram that I have. I have 62 mb of
> inactive ram. My free ram ranges from 2 to 10 mb. Does anyone know
> what inactive ram is. Would my computer dip into the inactive ram if I
> open graphically intense programs. I really am just trying to figure
> out whether I need to, or should purchase more ram for my computer.

You should. Either way, inactive ram is ram that has been allocated by an
application but isn't being used, or at least as far as I know.

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