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To: wily who wrote (9075)	10/13/1999 12:35:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

As far as the reliability of Free Memory or Unused Physical Memory (it's labeled differently depending on the version of Windows) , I've found it a useful indicator. It squares well with the aftermarket tools like the one mentioned a few posts back (Winramturbo). The unused physically memory measurement might square well with other measurements. But I am still suspicious of the results. The results I posted were obtained when running a modem program and one browser. 128 megabytes of physical memory minus 48 megabytes of unused physical memory means Windows 98 and 2 programs were using 80 megabytes. Does this mean Windows 98 is a big memory hog and a day trader who runs several programs needs more than 128 megabytes of memory to eliminate swapping?