How does it follow then that one should use nearly all of it at all times? Sometimes I need all the memory, sometimes I don’t. Sure, I don’t get the benefit all the time. Same as I don’t have four passengers in my car at all times.
On any modern os unused ram is ot simply unused. It is used for caching files and other stuff. So more ram can provide significant performance improvements for some taks even if “unused”.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 3 weeks ago
Unused RAM is wasted RAM.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
How does it follow then that one should use nearly all of it at all times? Sometimes I need all the memory, sometimes I don’t. Sure, I don’t get the benefit all the time. Same as I don’t have four passengers in my car at all times.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think the point is, if you’re not carrying 4 passengers all the time, why the fuck did you buy a car, when you could have bought a unicycle.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
Silly me, I should buy a car each time I have four passengers and sell it afterwards, to avoid any wasted space.
raldone01@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
On any modern os unused ram is ot simply unused. It is used for caching files and other stuff. So more ram can provide significant performance improvements for some taks even if “unused”.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 2 weeks ago
That doesn’t show as unused.