Minimum ram

Wynona · 12 Jan 2019

Mixalisfr said:

I understand as i see 16 GB ram is a must have if you are using photoshop and big files

I don't use Photoshop; too expensive and it's now subscription, requiring more money every year.

Ztruker · 12 Jan 2019

I have the free Photoshop CS3 that was given away by Adobe some years back Still good enough for anything I do. 90% of the time IrfanView suffices.

LMiller7 · 12 Jan 2019

The amount of RAM Windows will use at idle after bootup will vary widely. One major influence is how much RAM you have. Generally the more RAM you have, the more Windows will use. This is as it should be. Unused memory is wasted memory.

1.4 GB usage with 4 GB RAM seems very reasonable.

Memory usage in Windows is highly dynamic. When there is no shortage of available memory the memory manager will allow processes to use pretty much whatever they want with few restrictions. This is good for performance. But if a large application is started this will be trimmed back as needed, drastically if necessary.

Mixalisfr · 12 Jan 2019

LMiller7 said:

The amount of RAM Windows will use at idle after bootup will vary widely. One major influence is how much RAM you have. Generally the more RAM you have, the more Windows will use. This is as it should be. Unused memory is wasted memory.

1.4 GB usage with 4 GB RAM seems very reasonable.

Memory usage in Windows is highly dynamic. When there is no shortage of available memory the memory manager will allow processes to use pretty much whatever they want with few restrictions. This is good for performance. But if a large application is started this will be trimmed back as needed, drastically if necessary.

I know also lot of laptops have proprietary software that use a lot of system resources cpu usage is also a lot more than windows 7 normaly it sits at 1% but spikes sometimes at 5%

Compumind · 12 Jan 2019

Mixalisfr said:

I understand as i see 16 GB ram is a must have if you are using photoshop and big files

If you are looking for a new PC, I wouldn't consider anything under 8 GB, with 16 GB preferred and a 256 GB SSD (512 GB preferred.)
My laptop/desktop systems all have a minimum of 16 GB RAM and 512 GB SSD's.

If you buy a laptop a SSD is a must. Stay away from internal HDD's on a laptop - use external storage.

Just my opinion.

Wynona · 12 Jan 2019

Ztruker said:

I have the free Photoshop CS3 that was given away by Adobe some years back Still good enough for anything I do. 90% of the time IrfanView suffices.

Wow! I forgot about Irfanview. I also have Cyberlink's photo app.

CountMike · 13 Jan 2019

Mixalisfr said:

its an AMD A9-9425 i have a stic of 4GB i will update it to 8GB only for vm requirements as i use the laptop primarily for developing purpose the laptop was optimize as far as i could disabling services telemetry start-up apps registry keys background apps removed windows junk and bloatware that came with the laptop I know the cpu is weak. Windows 10 isa fantastic if it is optimized the version of home is 1809 I didnt removed hp bloatware as it could be a service that is required for the laptop to be able to run. The only thing i saw is that windows 10 use more cpu and use more ram per app. I think the system requirements that microsoft clams 1 Ghz cpu 2 GB ram is too low a dual core cpu would be the minimum to be able to use and to do things in windows 10. Windows 7 for me was less cpu ressource hog. My cpu is idleing at 1% anytime if i see task mager is but even task manger use cpu In 7 is was 0-2% with my athlon 64 x2 6400+

You have an integrated GPU so at least 512 MB are going for it's use.

Wynona · 13 Jan 2019

CountMike said:

You have an integrated GPU so at least 512 MB are going for it's use.

IOW, half a GB.

CountMike · 13 Jan 2019

Wynona said:

IOW, half a GB.

That's minimum for high resolution and it comes out of system RAM as only dedicated GPUs have own memory. Even dedicated GPUs may have some of system RAM (shadow RAM) used.

Mixalisfr · 13 Jan 2019

CountMike said:

You have an integrated GPU so at least 512 MB are going for it's use.

I have 2 gpus one integrated in the apu and one descrete 512 mb are reserved