Computer Memory?

Running 4 GB memory anymore is on the ragged edge of inadequate. It's a shame it'll only take another 4. Cheap enough to give it a shot.
Amazon.com: ddr3 1600 memory - 4 GB / Computers & Accessories: Electronics

 

8 gbs is barely enough anymore it seems. I agree I recall when buying 64 mb sticks was being crazy and they were more expensive than a 4gb stick these days.

 

I bought my first 8 MB for $300, plus $18 tax back in '94.
That was max, with 4 built onto the motherboard. 12 whole MB. WooHoo!

 

You could try running Libre Office.

 

The first RAM I bought was half a MB, 9 individual chips came in a plastic tube sleeve - had to slot them into the board. Probably was in 88 or 89. Probably was $300!

 

I didn't realize we were going to go back that far, back than 64kb was pimping.

 

8G should be the minimum for any pc running W10.

I remember buying an HP laser jet II printer in the early 80's for $1750.00. Helped finance all the subsequent technology with that purchase.

 

if you look for file associations you can change the program that opens a particular file extension. Or, just right click the file and the click "open with" so you can use Libre for some and Office for others

 

I think you are mixing RAM and disk space in your thoughts when you ask about uninstalling Libre to improve MS Office performance. Libre might have a small “quick start” program taking up a little bit of RAM, but the part of Libre sitting on the disk is like having an extra car in the garage - it won’t affect your other cars’ performance (unless your disk is more than 85% full).

Put another way, the 8GB is like your actual desk top in your office, where your active work gets laid out, and your hard disk is a file cabinet out at the end of the driveway. The slowness you are seeing is due to Windows shuffling things back and forth from your desk out to the file cabinet. Making your desk space (RAM) larger reduces the time spent swapping data and programs. Removing something from the file cabinet generally won’t help.

 

To add to that, every software company wants some of their program always in RAM because the software will be able to respond very fast to your next request. This crowds the desktop unnecessarily, especially when RAM is tight. Actively pruning back these overly helpful programs from RAM can be helpful, but it is much more than just Libre’s quick-start footprint. Buying RAM is the easiest first step.

 

personally w10 has too much back ground garbage running at all times

 

Always good to visit msconfig every now and then to see what is actually loading and why. Uncheck all the extras that are not needed at startup. If you click the application if will still load.

 

That still accessible in Win10?

 

640K of memory should be enough for anybody


I'd go into power settings and see what sleep and hibernation settings are and if you find fast wake up , - uncheck it if it is checked and see what happens.
It can also help sometimes to completely reboot every now and then. As in even unplug it.

 

Yep.

 

I run AVG Tuneup every once in awhile and my computer gets faster. It also puts to sleep anything you aren't currently running to cut down on the background usage.