RAM being used up when im doing nothing?

[N!ck]

Stop. First of all get a spell checker, it helps a bunch, also stop using double negatives, they confuse the hell out of the regular forumites.

Firefox is a ram hog and always has been, reg mechanic and wlm will take up absolutely minimum ram, it's Vista caching it as I said for later use, it has nothing to do with Windows services and such, it's all readyboost or whatever they're calling it these days. It just adds extra ram to the programs that are running to enable them to run just that extra bit faster, which is why programs (i.e games that use bucket loads of ram) can call on huge amounts of ram which the computer is seemingly using, it just removes the cache for the benefit of the most active application, causing it to run faster.

Efficiency.

Nah, I like the abstract way mentor constructs his posts. I can read them fine.

Plus, don't even mention readyboost. It sucks.

[Agnostic Bear]

Nah, I like the abstract way mentor constructs his posts. I can read them fine.

Plus, don't even mention readyboost. It sucks.

Turn it off and see how fast Windows runs.

Or SuperFetch, I think that's what I'm on about anyway.

[Recursion]

Turn it off and see how fast Windows runs.

Or SuperFetch, I think that's what I'm on about anyway.

It's SuperFetch I think, ReadyBoost is that crap where it basically makes a paging file on a USB drive or something.

[Mentor]

Stop. First of all get a spell checker, it helps a bunch, also stop using double negatives, they confuse the hell out of the regular forumites.

O.o i just used the original phrasing? I'm sorry if thats to complex for you. Additionally spell 'formalities' right if your going to start telling people to get spell checkers :rolleyes:

Firefox is a ram hog and always has been, reg mechanic and wlm will take up absolutely minimum ram, it's Vista caching it as I said for later use, it has nothing to do with Windows services and such,

Oh i'm sorry, i wasn't aware the caching in vista used a magical wizard who lives under the bed, silly me thinking it was part of the operating system's functionality...

it's all readyboost or whatever they're calling it these days. It just adds extra ram to the programs that are running to enable them to run just that extra bit faster, which is why programs (i.e games that use bucket loads of ram) can call on huge amounts of ram which the computer is seemingly using, it just removes the cache for the benefit of the most active application, causing it to run faster.

Efficiency.

I'm not entire sure what your on about? readyboost simply acts as a cache of commonly accessed data since it can get better seek times on flash memory? Its kinda like a faster swap in essence... what your on about i cant really tell o.o

[xPrecedent]

O.o i just used the original phrasing? I'm sorry if thats to complex for you. Additionally spell 'formalities' right if your going to start telling people to get spell checkers :rolleyes:


Oh i'm sorry, i wasn't aware the caching in vista used a magical wizard who lives under the bed, silly me thinking it was part of the operating system's functionality...


I'm not entire sure what your on about? readyboost simply acts as a cache of commonly accessed data since it can get better seek times on flash memory? Its kinda like a faster swap in essence... what your on about i cant really tell o.o

I don't think he meant to spell formalities, by forumites I believe he meant regular forum users.. if that is what you was picking up on, lol

[Mentor]

I don't think he meant to spell formalities, by forumites I believe he meant regular forum users.. if that is what you was picking up on, lol

You may be right, didn't really occur to me as being a word :p

[Chippiewill]

Hmm, Mentor + Jewish bear.....


Simple explantion for RAM: Vista uses it because it's there, be happy, it makes vista some what faster than it would be...