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Subject: Re: RAM & Swap & Speed
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herbert langhans <herbert.raimund@gmx.net> writes:

> Honestly, I would never think that adding RAM to a comp with still
> unused space left could speed it up.

That's because it doesn't have unused RAM.  There are plenty of things
that can be stored in RAM which don't need to be moved to swap if the
RAM is needed.