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Hal Trachtenberg <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 23 May 2001 19:08:18 -0400
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> I upgraded from 128M to 256M RAM. "System Resources" was 78 percent
> "free", before and after. Should this have changed? 256M RAM is
> recognized by system.
>
> Demetri Kolokotronis

Demetri

No!!! There seems to be this common misconception that increasing the amount
of Ram will increase the amount of free resources. This is simply not the
case. The amount of Ram you have has no effect whatsoever on system
resources.

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