Re: Do I need more RAM?

From	Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Do I need more RAM?
Date	2015-08-18 11:21 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<180820151121053146%michelle@michelle.org> (permalink)
References	<170820151944389734%michelle@michelle.org> <55d371fa$0$29395$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com>

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In article <55d371fa$0$29395$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:

> > I have 8 GB in the iMac now, and with my normal set of open apps, I
> > have 6.38 GB memory used, 1.3 GB cached files, 1.34 GB swap use, 3.93
> > GB app memory, 1.27 GB wired memory, and 1.19 GB compressed.
> 
> The fact that you have compressed memory means that the system thinks
> you don't have enough RAM.

No, it doesn't.

> When you bought your iMac a whole buch suggested you splurge and go for
> the 16gig model. Is your model even upgreadable or does it have soldered
> in memory ?

Actually, no one told me that, because you're referring to the previous
iMac that I had, not this one.  This one is upgradeable; if it weren't,
I wouldn't have bothered to ask whether I need more RAM.  I'm not
nearly as stupid as you apparently think I am.

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Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-17 19:44 -0700
  Re: Do I need more RAM? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-17 20:27 -0700
    Re: Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-17 20:33 -0700
      Re: Do I need more RAM? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-18 00:42 -0400
        Re: Do I need more RAM? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-18 07:51 -0700
        Re: Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-18 08:33 -0700
          Re: Do I need more RAM? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-18 09:00 -0700
            Re: Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-18 09:23 -0700
          Re: Do I need more RAM? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-18 12:11 -0400
          Re: Do I need more RAM? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-19 13:25 +0000
  Re: Do I need more RAM? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-17 20:30 -0700
  Re: Do I need more RAM? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-17 20:31 -0700
  Re: Do I need more RAM? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-18 15:28 +0000
  Re: Do I need more RAM? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-08-18 13:57 -0400
    Re: Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-18 11:21 -0700
      Re: Do I need more RAM? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-08-18 14:40 -0400
        Re: Do I need more RAM? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-18 11:42 -0700
          Re: Do I need more RAM? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-19 16:30 +0000
            Re: Do I need more RAM? awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-08-20 14:40 -0700
              Re: Do I need more RAM? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 00:55 +0000
  Re: Do I need more RAM? awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-08-20 14:33 -0700

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