If possible, please only specify number ranges such as 100-200 megs of free available RAM for typical computer usage such as web browsing, word processing, simple programs, and minimal multitasking.
2007-01-24 10:07:31 · 6 answers · asked by Dre D 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
The minimal amount of RAM and the recommended amount of RAM are Operating System specific.
Windows XP Home, Professional, and Media Editions
128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended (64 MB minimum supported; may limit performance and some features)
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended
Microsoft Vista Home Basic
512 megabytes (MB) of system memory
Microsoft Vista Home Premium, Microsoft Vista Business, Microsoft Vista Enterprise, and Microsoft Vista Ultimate
1 GB of system memory
Xandros Desktop Home Edition and Home Edition - Premium
Min 128 MB required, 256 MB recommended
Xandros Server
Minimum 512 MB, 2 GB recommended
SUSE Linux Enterprise
256 MB physical RAM Minimum, 512 MB physical RAM Recommended
As you can see each OS has different requirements. It is always a good idea to have more RAM than what is recommended. The minimal and recommended amounts of RAM are there to tell you the lowest point your PC Will be functional, so with the minimum RAM you will still be able to do what you are asking to do. However running minimal RAM will cause your PC to appear very slow even if everything else is top notch.
2007-01-24 10:48:14 · answer #1 · answered by Onikazi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Win 95/98/me around 32mb (64mb recommended)
Win xp, needs around 512mb (1gb recommended)
Win Vista, needs 1gb (2gb recommended).
At the minimum, it is enough for a few programs to run, the more you use at the same time, the more memory it will need. Games can use even more (2-3gb for some games).
I assume you're using Winxp, windows is using around 200-300mb of ram, so more programs used (including, music , video, etc). In xp, click ctrl+alt+del once, open task manager, that will show you how much memory is being used.
2007-01-24 11:45:01 · answer #2 · answered by computertech82 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything is using more and more ram now, so 512 is a little low. If you consistently use more than 70% of available ram, more would probably help quite a bit. Another sign that you need more ram is your hard drive constantly chattering as Windows uses virtual memory all the time.
2007-01-24 11:09:00 · answer #3 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
512 or lower is low nowadays. At least a gig if not two for these modern wonders of the web.
2007-01-24 10:14:18 · answer #4 · answered by johndeereman 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Perhaps less than 10% disk space is low.
I don't know exactly. I'm sorry. I'm guessing.
2007-01-24 10:35:29 · answer #5 · answered by Lone Star 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would say, with XP, minimum should be 1GB total.
2007-01-24 10:13:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋