More RAM: Office Applications - Continued

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If you use the NT 4.0 operating system, you'll achieve even higher performance in Office application with similar upgrades. SYSmark 2000 shows that NT4 has 12% better performance than Windows 98 with 128 MB. However, it can also be seen that with only 64 MB NT4 is really struggling to make ends meet. The operating system reserves a large portion of system memory for itself. For Office productivity, NT4 does best with 128 MB because 256 MB doesn't significantly improve system performance any further. Note: this statement applies to standard applications for the office. Professional and high-end applications often demand more system memory. 128 MB may not even be enough for the latter type of applications.

Whether you are upgrading to improve Office Productivity or Internet Content Creation, the story remains the same - the system needs a certain minimum amount of memory in order to work quickly. Additional memory is only needed if corresponding applications demand it. If the applications you are using do not demand additional memory, there's not much point in going over the top on a memory upgrade.


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