For those of you with 2 GB RAM - do you feel it's enough?

[timmmay]

It's enough for my every day computer use using Vista, but if I were doing any sort of graphic/development work I'd want at least 3gb.

[aussiefloyd_fan]

I firmly think 2gb are enough today. However, I just bought 4gb ram :blush:

I'm going to start virtualizing every operating system I have a license for, out of boredom, so I need memory :p

dont ''forget''to have loads of hd space :lol:

have a laptop with 2gigs of sheep seems to be more than enough

[xXys0seriousXx]

I have 2 gigs now, but moving to 3 is not too far off of for me...

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

I'm on 2GB at the moment, and it's certainly fixed a lot of problems I was having, but I still don't think it's enough.

Next step will be 4GB for me (once I go 64Bit).

[primexx]

my older lappy is 1 gig and the newer one is 2 gigs. the desktop is also 1 gig. And for normal usage (no gaming) 1 gig works fine. But I can't run any virtual machines on the 1 gig computers because there's just not enough ram to go around. It's much better with the 2 gig computer, I could run the native OS and a virtual one with no lag, but not more than that.

so...enough? yea. ideal? not really.

[dmd3x]

I noticed a HUGE improvement when going from 512MB to 1GB, a BIG improvement from 1GB to 2GB, and even from 2GB to 4GB it was a significantly noticeable performance upgrade.

[x-scratch]

2gb wasnt enough for me so i got 4gb now i but i am wanting more ram

[CrashG]

For what I use my machine to do, yes 2 Gigs is enough, but everyone uses their computers for various different things, so your mileage may vary.

Even using Vista 32bit my used ram is usually around 700-800Mb. I really thought by the way a lot of people were talking, I'd see closer to 3/4 of my ram being used, not 1/3. Guess Vista isn't so memory hungry as some make it out to be. :p

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

I am using 3gb right now and that is plenty.

[DigitalE]

Most of the time it's definitely enough for me, but I have on occasion felt like I need more.

[Cadium]

I have 2 GB of RAM in my MacBook Pro and I feel that it is more than plenty even under a heavy workload. However, on Windows-based computers and especially with those running Windows Vista, I find that 2 GB is not enough in all cases and that a bump to 4 GB is beneficial.

[revvo]

I have 2GB of ram on my XP desktop and Vista laptop, both are quick and are running smooth. (Y)

If I were to go to 4GB, I'd move to 64-bit since you sort of have to, but I'd have to be sure that going 64-bit won't cause any new problems.

[redvamp128]

What was that Bill Gates said a very long time ago. I think it was "People would not need more that 64mb of memory"... Boy what an understatement. For me though 512mb runs Xp to meet my needs. I don't do much gaming anymore.

[soldier1st]

for the average user 2GB will do but for those who have higher demands then more is needed.also games need more.

[+StevoFC MVC]

My Work and Home PC's both running XP I use 2gb and it seems sufficient.

My iBook has 1.25gb ram and runs decent enough for what it's used for.

My iMac has 4gb of ram. I recommend 4gb in that without a doubt.

[Starbuck84]

What was that Bill Gates said a very long time ago. I think it was "People would not need more that 64mb of memory"... Boy what an understatement. For me though 512mb runs Xp to meet my needs. I don't do much gaming anymore.

Actually he said "people will not need more than 640kB of memory" in the very old 8086 days. (It was 640kB at least instead of 64MB :)).

And on-topic: I have 2GB of RAM in my Deskop and Laptop, and it's sufficient for most applications and / or games, but sometimes (like with heavy renders) I can see it's not enough, IE: in task manager "using 2.5GB" :)

[ViperAFK]

Actually it was a misquote and he never said it.

[kl33per]

Actually he said "people will not need more than 640kB of memory" in the very old 8086 days. (It was 640kB at least instead of 64MB :)).

Actually, he denies ever saying anything like that.

I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No

one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is

enough for all time.

The need for memory increases as computers get more potent and software gets

more powerful. In fact, every couple of years the amount of memory address

space needed to run whatever software is mainstream at the time just about

doubles. This is well-known.

When IBM introduced its PC in 1981, many people attacked Microsoft for its

role. These critics said that 8-bit computers, which had 64K of address space,

would last forever. They said we were wastefully throwing out great 8-bit

programming by moving the world toward 16-bit computers.

We at Microsoft disagreed. We knew that even 16-bit computers, which had 640K

of available address space, would be adequate for only four or five years. (The

IBM PC had 1 megabyte of logical address space. But 384K of this was assigned

to special purposes, leaving 640K of memory available. That's where the

now-infamous ``640K barrier'' came from.)

A few years later, Microsoft was a big fan of Intel's 386 microprocessor chip,

which gave computers a 32-bit address space.

Modern operating systems can now take advantage of that seemingly vast

potential memory. But even 32 bits of address space won't prove adequate as

time goes on.

Meanwhile, I keep bumping into that silly quotation attributed to me that says

640K of memory is enough. There's never a citation; the quotation just floats

like a rumor, repeated again and again.

from http://groups.google.com/group/alt.folklor...9ce4b0555bf35f4

[+shift. MVC]

2GB is the sweet spot for running Vista and it's Aero theme. It should be enough for most things, including gaming unless you're doing a lot of multitasking and such.

[Orange]

I was on 2GB but after having games like Crysis i upgraded to 4GB :D

[portauthority]

My tablet runs Vista with 512MB. Runs just dandy so there is no point for 2GB, let alone 1GB

[tsupersonic]

Hell with 1.5GB of RAM, I use anywhere from 15-50% of that on XP. With Vista, I use about 20-50%

[+StevoFC MVC]

My tablet runs Vista with 512MB. Runs just dandy so there is no point for 2GB, let alone 1GB

i find that really hard to believe.

[+virtorio MVC]

2GB seems fine to me.

[Gabe3]

for a gaming rig 2gb on vista is not enough. you'll get stuttering here and there. anything over 2gb on vista is enough for gaming because 2gb alone is "almost" enough but not quite.

I had a backup PC that had 1gb of ram and that was great for vista if your not gaming.