--- Hans Fugal <hans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 at 15:35 -0700, Mark Knecht > wrote: > > > > Paul, > > I'm guessing that part of the question Drucer > was asking was 'Does > > Ardour use only the amount of RAM it needs?' > > Actually, I got the impression that he wanted to get > a warm fuzzy from > someone telling him that his 4G would be utilized by > the software and > not go to waste. But that's generally a bad thing, > and the real answer > is you want the OS to make good use of your > available RAM, not the > software. Linux does this, and quite well. Hey thank you all for your replies! Yes, I had to ask this question because I wanted to know if it would make a difference if I installed some more RAM to my DAW computer. No, I don't need it now, but I'm considering getting it now anyway. Right now I have 2GB and currently I need 15-20 tracks, but I might need more tracks later. I have a dedicated box built for my DAW and I know that the hardware is not going to get obsolete (how could it?), but would like to ensure I have enough memory for the future as well (nobody knows how hard it might be to get DDR RAM after a couple of years). Unfortunately I'm not nearly as bright as most of you guys who actually program these great applications. I do not know how typical Linux applications handle memory, but it's good to know that it is OSs job to take care of most of that. Thanks for clarifying this! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
