Ask him a simple question: How does a computer use RAM? If he answers that, then perhaps you'll be excused if you asked him the significance of having more RAM. Also, might he be knowing the need for a swapfile/paging file/virtual memory? Nkt RAM is a temporary computing space. With multitasking, and larger RAM, several processes get to run and be completed as opposed to having to wait for "limited temporary computing space (low RAM)" to be available so that other processes can run. How does he define "speed" in computing terms? If he says more RAM does not help a computer, he should better go back to Abacus. I think it never required RAM:) He should be stripped of the "techie" tag! I concur. On 3 May 2013 19:08, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
So I am having this argument of a lifetime with a respected, local techie journalist:
*His argument:* That increasing the RAM of a computer does not necessarily increase its speed or responsiveness.
*If you add more RAM, the processor speed wont change in any way, you will only have huge jobs stored on the RAM (Because of its large capacity) but the processing time will be the same, hence the computer wont be fast enough as you would expect.*
*My argument* That he is nuts and should be stripped of the respected techie journalist tag. I hold that more RAM will definitely result into some speed improvement.
*The source of the argument:* An Apple MacBook (13-inch, Late 2007) <http://support.apple.com/kb/sp12>, with a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo <http://ark.intel.com/products/30781>, and currently with 1GB DDR 2 PC2-5300 RAM. The laptop is running Mac OS X 10.5.
Now, he says that upgrading this machine to 4GB is a waste of money, since there will be no change in the speed of the laptop, because, that processor can only handle 1GB, the factory installed RAM.
Can a more learned skunk explain the folly of my/his argument.
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