Question RE: RAM and WinME

[Butler]

I've heard before that Win98 would only support about 256MB of RAM effectively, and that any more than that was pretty much a waste. Does WinME handle RAM any better? What's the max ammount of RAM that ME will handle effectively? Anybody know?

 

[Butler]

Anybody? Or are we all hesitant to reply after Cautery's post??

 

[kami]

Win98 itself can't really use more than 128MB effectively, but if you do have more than 128MB in Win98, things like games and Photoshop will benefit. I hear that WinMe uses the extra RAM better, but I don't have any personal experience with it.

 

[Butler]

OK, lemme lay it on the line...here's the deal.

I've been running Win98 for about a year with 512MB PC100. I do some work with Photoshop, and a lot of gaming. So...I've got 512, but now I have access to 256MB (x4)=1024 for real cheap...like not much more than I could sell my 512MB's for.

So, question is, would I be better off with the 1024MB(that just sounds SWEET) or selling the 256MB chips for some dough, and spending that somewhere else in my system?

BTW: if they don't have arms...they don't have pits

 

[DazedAndConfused]

Go with the memory it sounds too sweet, also if ME doesn't like I am sure 2k would

Dazed

P.S. Use 700 Mb for a ramdrive and copy cd's to and run it as a fake CD Drive