So I took the plunge. I looked at the Black Friday sales, and at one of the distributors I noticed the possibility of purchasing 1 GB of RAM for all of $49 after rebate. And after very little hesitation I did so. Adding that 1 GB RAM I now have 1 1/2 gigabytes of online RAM in my computer.
What a world of the difference the extra RAM makes! Not only does my computer runs smoother with fewer clicks of my hard drive, but every program seems to have much more speed and sharpness to it, even though the task manager doesn't seem to be indicating that much of the memory is being used. I think Windows knows how to use that virtual memory as a virtual drive -- and that allows each program from smoother.
It's good to have more memory. I'm too tired to finish this right now.
