When I had to replace my stolen surface pro 2 last year, I purchased a SP 1 as a stopgap until I got an SP3. Having 8GB of RAM in SP2, I was very concerned going down to 4GB would be noticeably different regarding performance. Its something I was paying very close attention to, but running it under normal conditions (PhotoShop , AVID, IE, metro apps opened) I did not notice a significant drop in performance at all. I think Windows 8.1 is very efficient with its memory usage, particularly with metro apps. In short, there aren't many useful reasons to fully close apps as Windows handles it very efficiently.
Some of that come from changes to Task Manager in showing memory usage and some from how Windows uses memory. Rather than NOT using the RAM Windows will cache programs, data, disk reads etc. in memory to avoid if possible going back to disk for it. so it appears Windows is using all or most of the memory. Freakout ensues OMG I'm only running one program and its used all the RAM blah blah blah ... Some of that RAM is called "standby" meaning we really don't need it but we are hanging onto it in case we need it again. However, if we need some RAM for anything else it's free to take with no further action as it's already been saved or was never modified and as far as the owner is concerned it was already freed. If the original owner makes the same request again and it's still there we just give it back without having to do a disk IO. There's plenty of room for more programs and data and Windows will cache as much as possible since it much faster that way. Enter SSDs with much faster access times than HDDs and the benefits amplify.Yup, since vista windows has been getting progressively more efficient with ram, yet for some reason everyone got worked up over the question of 4gb or 8gb arguing that you'll need 8gb for when win 10 comes out. I have 8gb on my desktop, and 4gb on my surface, no discernable difference.
I was using my i5 128GB SP with 4gb RAM at the time. I wonder if that makes a difference? I get the same result with client for youtube and store on the sp1. I will have to try on my docked SP3 "workstation" when I have the time.Have just tried this with hill climb racing, client for youtube, sketchable, and store. All close within a handful of seconds once i X them.
I was using my i5 128GB SP with 4gb RAM at the time. I wonder if that makes a difference? I get the same result with client for youtube and store on the sp1. I will have to try on my docked SP3 "workstation" when I have the time.
lol at one point, youd need more RAM to run Android than WindowsYup, since vista windows has been getting progressively more efficient with ram, yet for some reason everyone got worked up over the question of 4gb or 8gb arguing that you'll need 8gb for when win 10 comes out. I have 8gb on my desktop, and 4gb on my surface, no discernable difference.