Re: RAM Question

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From: Plato (|_at_|.|)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: 29 Mar 2004 12:29:06 -0600

Tom wrote:
>
> I recently got my new PC and I have 2gigs of RAM on it. I noticed, after it
> finishes loading Windows, that it has already used 250mgs of RAM, this after

Thats EXACTLY the reason folks recommend that you PC have at least 256
for XP.

> clearing out my startup items. On my previous PC, I had 512megs of RAM, and
> after booting, it would only use just over 100megs. Am I missing something,

Sounds like your previous PC had win98 on it. 

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