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Agreed. If you're seeing that Photoshop splash screen regularly you simply don't have enough RAM. I keep my PC running for weeks on end and seldom close anyth

by lusr 15y ago

Agreed. If you're seeing that Photoshop splash screen regularly you simply don't have enough RAM. I keep my PC running for weeks on end and seldom close anything. With 12GB of RAM (which costs nothing) I almost never run out of RAM and every application is cached in RAM, so if I DO happen to close an application then reopening it is extremely fast. I shutdown my PC for the first time in weeks last night, and that was only because I was wary of the massive thunderstorm getting through my lightning protector. I don't actually understand why people shut their PCs down at all to be honest.

eru 15y ago
Saves on electricity, and noise. Though suspend to RAM does that, too.
- lusr 15y ago
  Assuming this hardware monitor is reasonably accurate, my hyperthreaded quad core i7 chows 145W when I'm really busy, which with my 80+ Corsair HX750W means I'm not eating more than 2 100W lightbulbs. I seldom play games any more so rarely use more than that. And that's when I'm doing serious number crunching. Since I'm only working at home about 4-5 hours/day during the week and maybe 2-3 that on weekend days, I really don't see electricity as much of an expense compared to time wasted rebooting and reopening all my work to where I last left it.
  - eru 15y ago
    Yes. I don't want to claim that rebooting still makes sense. But old habits die hard.
ceol 15y ago
>(which costs nothing) When I saw this, I was sure you were wrong. However, looking on Newegg[0], 12GB RAM is about $60. That's just crazy to me. [0]: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=381&name=Laptop-Memory http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=381...
- lusr 15y ago
  Tell me about it. I bought these guys and they're now 1/4 what I paid less than 1.5 years ago: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231358 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231...

by lusr 15y ago

eru 15y ago

Saves on electricity, and noise. Though suspend to RAM does that, too.

lusr 15y ago
Assuming this hardware monitor is reasonably accurate, my hyperthreaded quad core i7 chows 145W when I'm really busy, which with my 80+ Corsair HX750W means I'm not eating more than 2 100W lightbulbs. I seldom play games any more so rarely use more than that. And that's when I'm doing serious number crunching. Since I'm only working at home about 4-5 hours/day during the week and maybe 2-3 that on weekend days, I really don't see electricity as much of an expense compared to time wasted rebooting and reopening all my work to where I last left it.
- eru 15y ago
  Yes. I don't want to claim that rebooting still makes sense. But old habits die hard.

ceol 15y ago

>(which costs nothing) When I saw this, I was sure you were wrong. However, looking on Newegg[0], 12GB RAM is about $60. That's just crazy to me. [0]: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=381&name=Laptop-Memory http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=381...

lusr 15y ago
Tell me about it. I bought these guys and they're now 1/4 what I paid less than 1.5 years ago: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231358 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231...