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  • D Dave Parker

    Wow what do you need all that for? I still find 3 GB plenty on my home machine (tho a little more may be nice occasionally for running more VMs).

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    leppie
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    Dave Parker wrote:

    Wow what do you need all that for?

    Mostly for VM's. Nice to allocate 3G here and 4GB there and still have 9 left :) Oh, and Sharepoint 2010 development. 4GB just dont cut it.

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    • D Dave Parker

      Wow what do you need all that for? I still find 3 GB plenty on my home machine (tho a little more may be nice occasionally for running more VMs).

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      David1987
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      I use most of my RAM (it's only 8GB but that's not too bad) for disk cache, sort of as an alternative to SSD's, with the benefit that it can also be used as actual RAM whenever it's needed. (and with the disadvantage that it doesn't work right after booting, but then just don't reboot)

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      • L leppie

        :) Works fantastically so far. All 16 gigabeauties of them. ;P

        ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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        Dan Neely
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        Does it count if I don't have the 4th dimm installed yet because my current box is triple channel? (I ordered 4x4gb because I intend to upgrade to a dual/quad channel platform later in the year, and high performance ram isn't sold in single dimm packages.)

        3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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        • D Dave Parker

          Wow what do you need all that for? I still find 3 GB plenty on my home machine (tho a little more may be nice occasionally for running more VMs).

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          realJSOP
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          Virtual machines - I can create 64-bit virtual machines that utilize all of the RAM I assign to them.

          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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          • D David1987

            I use most of my RAM (it's only 8GB but that's not too bad) for disk cache, sort of as an alternative to SSD's, with the benefit that it can also be used as actual RAM whenever it's needed. (and with the disadvantage that it doesn't work right after booting, but then just don't reboot)

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            Brady Kelly
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            How do you do that? My work machine is my first over 4GB, at 8GB, and I'm sure Visual Studio isn't using enough of it.

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            • L leppie

              :) Works fantastically so far. All 16 gigabeauties of them. ;P

              ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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              Dalek Dave
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              Jeez man, I remember boasting about the size of my RAM about 20 odd years ago, and that was with QEMM! (Am I old or what?)

              ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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              • B Brady Kelly

                How do you do that? My work machine is my first over 4GB, at 8GB, and I'm sure Visual Studio isn't using enough of it.

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                David1987
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                Do nothing, it happens automatically. I have my pagefile disabled for good measure.

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                • D Dalek Dave

                  Jeez man, I remember boasting about the size of my RAM about 20 odd years ago, and that was with QEMM! (Am I old or what?)

                  ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                  realJSOP
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                  Dalek Dave wrote:

                  Am I old or what?

                  Yes. Do you remember how to low-level format a RLL or MFM hard drive?

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    Jeez man, I remember boasting about the size of my RAM about 20 odd years ago, and that was with QEMM! (Am I old or what?)

                    ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                    twohowlingdogs
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                    I remember going from 2 Meg RAM to 4 Meg RAM and costing me nearly $300! But that was only 15 years ago. Then I was impressed when my new boss said he just bought a UNIX server with 700 Meg RAM! We thought we were on top of the world!

                    I have nothing more to say.

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                    • L leppie

                      :) Works fantastically so far. All 16 gigabeauties of them. ;P

                      ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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                      Roger Wright
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                      I finally decided of 12 GB RAM for the new PC. I'm looking forward to it immensely. One more week... :-D

                      Will Rogers never met me.

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                      • R realJSOP

                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                        Am I old or what?

                        Yes. Do you remember how to low-level format a RLL or MFM hard drive?

                        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                        -----
                        "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                        Dalek Dave
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                        Wow, that was some time ago! I think there was a 10Mb HDD that I did it on before partitioning it (partitioning a 10Mb?), but that has to be 25 or more years ago.

                        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                        • R realJSOP

                          Dalek Dave wrote:

                          Am I old or what?

                          Yes. Do you remember how to low-level format a RLL or MFM hard drive?

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                          -----
                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                          -----
                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                          Henry Minute
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                          Posted it a couple of days ago debug g=c800:5

                          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                          • L leppie

                            :) Works fantastically so far. All 16 gigabeauties of them. ;P

                            ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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                            Andy Brummer
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                            At my last gig my dev machine had 16Gigs because I worked with huge databases and .net processes that used 8-20Gigs of memory. That was interesting to say the least. The production servers had up to 128Gigs.

                            Curvature of the Mind now with 3D

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                            • T twohowlingdogs

                              I remember going from 2 Meg RAM to 4 Meg RAM and costing me nearly $300! But that was only 15 years ago. Then I was impressed when my new boss said he just bought a UNIX server with 700 Meg RAM! We thought we were on top of the world!

                              I have nothing more to say.

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                              realJSOP
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                              My first 20MB hard drive cost me $700. 1MB of RAM was $1000, and you had to plug all the chips into the motherboard one at a time. If you wanted faster integer math, you had to buy /install a math coprocessor (8081 or 80x87) at $700 a pop - necessary until the 586 chips started to show up

                              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                              -----
                              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                              -----
                              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                              • L leppie

                                :) Works fantastically so far. All 16 gigabeauties of them. ;P

                                ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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                                Jason Hooper
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                                Nice, you got me beat by 4 GB :) I run 4 LCDs, all busy with stuff all the time. Wish I could post a screenshot of my desktop for those who don't see the "need" for so much RAM :)

                                Jason

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                                • R realJSOP

                                  My first 20MB hard drive cost me $700. 1MB of RAM was $1000, and you had to plug all the chips into the motherboard one at a time. If you wanted faster integer math, you had to buy /install a math coprocessor (8081 or 80x87) at $700 a pop - necessary until the 586 chips started to show up

                                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                                  -----
                                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                                  -----
                                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                                  twohowlingdogs
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                                  Ouch. Reminded me of an ad I saw once. Found it again here.[^] 20 MHz Intel 80386, 2MB RAM, Cache all for a mere $8499! Apple's 5MHz, 1MB RAM for 'blistering' speeds! Then all the other ones. Prices are amazing! 10 MB hard drive for $3398! 300 MB for under $20K!

                                  I have nothing more to say.

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                                    Dave Parker wrote:

                                    Wow what do you need all that for?

                                    Mostly for VM's. Nice to allocate 3G here and 4GB there and still have 9 left :) Oh, and Sharepoint 2010 development. 4GB just dont cut it.

                                    ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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                                    dan sh
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                                    Sharepoint and development! Are you seriously serious?

                                    "Your code will never work, Luc's always will.", Richard MacCutchan[^]

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                                    • D Dalek Dave

                                      Jeez man, I remember boasting about the size of my RAM about 20 odd years ago, and that was with QEMM! (Am I old or what?)

                                      ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                                      Klaus Werner Konrad
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                                      "Nobody will ever need more than 640 kB of RAM !" - Bill Gates, 1985

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                                      • D dan sh

                                        Sharepoint and development! Are you seriously serious?

                                        "Your code will never work, Luc's always will.", Richard MacCutchan[^]

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                                        leppie
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                                        I have been doing stuff with it for over a month, and I am still asking myself that question. I think we are using it wrong :) They say Sharepoint is the new Access, perhaps if used that way it is good, but we use it as a glorified web frontend really...

                                        ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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                                        • L leppie

                                          I have been doing stuff with it for over a month, and I am still asking myself that question. I think we are using it wrong :) They say Sharepoint is the new Access, perhaps if used that way it is good, but we use it as a glorified web frontend really...

                                          ((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))

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                                          Dan Neely
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                                          leppie wrote:

                                          They say Sharepoint is the new Access, perhaps if used that way it is good, but we use it as a glorified web frontend really...

                                          Sharepoint.Intranet.Employer.com is much better than Legacy.Intranet.Employer.com, as I'm reminded every time I have to access something that isn't converted yet; this alone is reason to sing it praise.

                                          3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

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