[AccessD] Poll: System Memory amount

Machines:
1: Work Desktop
2: Work Laptop
3: Home Desktop
4: Spare work/Home Laptop

1) 1: Windows 2003, 2: Windows XP (Came with Vista...Office 97 won't
install on that), 3: Windows 2000 Server, 4: Windows XP
2) 1 gig.  If you want to use Virtual environments, at least 2 gigs.
3) 1:4 gig, 2: 2 gig, 3: 512 megs, 4: 1 gig
4) Yep.
5) Honestly, in modern machines, I don't modify a thing, I let windows
do it.  That applies to my machines 1, 2, and 3.  Home machine, I have a
gig on one of the drives.  The reason I say that I don't feel it matters
much on home machines, is that drives are getting faster, and memory is
getting BIGGER, so swap files aren't anywhere near as critical as they
used to be.

Note: Machine #2 has 2 hard drives....wow, laptop with two drives, that
is just too sweet of a system! 

Drew

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Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 10:47 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Discussion of
Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: [AccessD] Poll: System Memory amount

Memory is incredibly cheap at least in the US.  I am interested in how
much
memory you guys run on your desktops.

1) What OS do you run on your personal / work machines.
2) What do you consider the minimum useful memory for running Windows
XP.
3) How much do you have in your machine(s)
4) Are you comfortable adding memory to your machine(s)
5) How do you set up your swap files?

My answers:
1) XP Professional, 2003 standard.
2) 512 mbytes
3) 4 gigs in desktops, 2 gigs in laptops
4) Yes
5) System administered on C:, 2X system memory on each additional drive

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

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