Re: RAM upgrade question

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From: Michael R. McKenney (michaelmckenney_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 04/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:56:41 -0500

Thanks to all for the valuable and very much appreciated input! I am
grateful when people take time out of their own schedules to help others!

Mike from Milwaukee

anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:

>>-----Original Message-----
>>I currently have a Dell Dimension 4500 with a Pentium 4,
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>2.40 GHz chip,
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>>512 MB RAM. Running Windows XP Home.
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>>Was wondering if I would notice any significant
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>difference in
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>>speed/performance if I added another 512 MB RAM? I
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>realize it probably
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>>depends on exactly what my computer is used for. I am a
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>medical
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>>transcriptionist and use this computer mainly for word
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>processing. I
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>>have quite a number of "medical software" installed
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>(word lists,
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>>anatomy, medication/drug references, etc.) plus use the
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>Internet to
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>>search for medical terminology on pretty much a daily
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>basis, but never
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>>for long periods of time, just to search for a
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>particular word to
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>>document spelling.
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>>So, with that in mind, what would any of you advise,
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>a "thumbs up" and
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>>purchase the extra 512 MB of ram for a significant
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>improvement in
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>>performance/speed, or
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>>a "thumbs down" and not purchase the RAM as there would
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>not be that much
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>> difference?
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>>Thanks so much for your input!
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>>Mike from Milwaukee
>>.
>>Video editing,fast responding games,multitasking-----
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>HUMM,sounds like you have a computer,that will not need
>anything for a long time.512MB Ram probably DDR
>Ram,running like 1028.
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>

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