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Thanks,
Allan
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Boris Borisov <bugyatl at gmail.com> wrote:
> I was running on both of mine cheapo tablets quadrant benchmark. On
> system info - memory section the program shows inactive RAM of certain
> amount. Anybody with an idea what the inactive RAM means? I would like
> my memory back :)
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oma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New =
Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">Inactive most likely refe=
rs to ram which has recently been used by an application (but no longer nee=
ded), and is still being tracked. It is basically free ram, and will get fr=
eed up as it is needed, but the benefits of doing it this way, is that Appl=
ications can be restarted quicker sometimes (think of it maybe as a cache).=
It's cheap for the OS to free the memory, so prematurely releasing it =
does very little except give the shiny satisfaction that your free memory i=
s better. Inactive RAM may also contain cache (but not sure what exactly it=
's referring to).=A0</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family=
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ly:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,&=
#39;Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">RAM is poor=
ly understood on computers too actually. There was a report recently which =
claimed that=A0</span><a href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Premium-64bi=
t-System-Builder/dp/B004Q0PT3I/ref=3Dsr_1_2?ie=3DUTF8&qid=3D1353684038&=
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erif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-he=
ight:19px">windows 7</a><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verd=
ana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Tim=
es New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px"></span><span style=
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9;Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">=A0was using =
up all available ram and there was swapping. What the guy at the company di=
dn't understand was that a lot of it was cache which was freed as neede=
d.=A0=A0</span><br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,=
Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roma=
n',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">
<br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Treb=
uchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;fo=
nt-size:12px;line-height:19px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-fami=
ly:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,&=
#39;Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">More info i=
s at:=A0</span><a href=3D"http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20006694-263=
.html" class=3D"" title=3D"External link" rel=3D"nofollow external" style=
=3D"color:rgb(81,170,218);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet M=
S',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size=
:12px;line-height:19px">http://reviews.cnet....006694-263.html</a><br style=
=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS&=
#39;,sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:1=
2px;line-height:19px">
<br style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-family:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Treb=
uchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;fo=
nt-size:12px;line-height:19px"><span style=3D"color:rgb(78,86,94);font-fami=
ly:Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,&=
#39;Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px">In a nutshe=
ll though, free RAM is wasted ram. The important statistic is active RAM/To=
tal RAM available.. Too many wars have been fought over misunderstanding of=
RAM usage...</span><br>
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39;Trebuchet MS',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',s=
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S',sans-serif,Georgia,Courier,'Times New Roman',serif;font-size=
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t MS, sans-serif, Georgia, Courier, Times New Roman, serif"><span style=3D"=
font-size:12px;line-height:19px"><a href=3D"http://www.modaco.com/topic/315=
527-inactive-ram/">http://www.modaco.com/topic/315527-inactive-ram/</a></sp=
an></font><br>
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px;line-height:19px">Thanks,</span></font></div>
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<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Boris =
Borisov <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bugyatl at gmail.com" target=
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I was running on both of mine cheapo tablets quadrant benchmark. On<br>
system info - memory section the program shows inactive RAM of certain<br>
amount. Anybody with an idea what the inactive RAM means? I would like<br>
my memory back :)<br>
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