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    RAM issue

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by NeRo45, Dec 17, 2007.

  1. NeRo45

    NeRo45 Notebook Evangelist

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    I purchased my T61p with 4gb of RAM and Vista business 64bit. I turned on the monitor with Vista Sidebar ad it says, with photoshop open, that my RAM is at 74% usage.
     
    NeRo45, Dec 17, 2007
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    watchtower7 Notebook Consultant

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    in photoshop you can edit your preferences to change ram allocation
    edit/preferences
     
    watchtower7, Dec 17, 2007
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  3. mcbrided

    mcbrided Notebook Consultant

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    The fact that all your memory is being used up with vista is infact a good thing. The is the one thing that vista does better than most operating systems...resource allocation.

    For a more indepth explanation, you can read through here: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000688.html

    Bottom line: Unless you are being bogged down - I wouldnt worry about it. Vista should, and will, use up all the memory it can.
     
    mcbrided, Dec 18, 2007
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