[Pearls Before Swine]

If you're using WIndows 7, I think you'd notice the difference between 4 and 8. The problem is that W7, and the utilities that often get loaded with it, can take 1.5 to 2 GB on their own. If you are running some memory hog programs, once you hit the full limit and your PC decides to use a lot of virtual disk memory, everything slows down.

One memory hog program is Firefox if it's been left on a while. I've found that it often has substantial memory leaks, and can take a lot of space if it's been on for a few days. (That can be reclaimed by exiting and restarting the program.) YMMV, of course.

[bicyclerepair]

Using a single 64bit linux pc with 2gb of ram and it blows all my windoze pcs away and they have duocore proc and twice the ram

[Utilizer]

I am running various flavours of Linux on all the machines, which version depends upon which function each machine is geared toward. Most of the customers I work with are running XP or Vista, though.

Agree about the Firefox memory drain. Fortunately I use Opera for simple browsing and email-access so no worries there.

[dennisw]

8gb ram for windoze 7 and 8 is a must for me. I restart Firefox once per day

[FreedomPoster]

Ditto on the Firefox comment. Definite memory leaks, but still worth putting up with vs. the alternatives. Just shut down and re-open every couple-few days.

[editor-surveyor]

Not just firefox, all browsers continually slow down until they’re restarted.
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