Previous-generation database machines were really primarily disk-based machines with a lot of memory to accelerate.
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And programs that use a lot of memory, like Adobe Photoshop, are probably too much for the tiny PC.
And programs that use a lot of memory, like Adobe (nasdaq: ADBE - news - people ) Photoshop, are probably too much for the tiny PC.
If shutting down an application frees a lot of memory and doesn't cause problems, look at the listings in the System Configuration Utility's Startup tab for those same tray programs you deem unnecessary--for example, the RealPlayer StartCenter.
Whereas younger people may have better short-term and get-to-the-point-quickly memory, older folks have had a greater variety of experiences and are better able to build a wider image out of a lot of different parts of memory.
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The guy in my client meeting had a MacBook that ran both Windows and Mac OS so it came with a lot of extra memory to handle both operating systems.
It turns out a lot of the flash-memory chips used in mobile phones.
In-memory computing is getting a lot of press these days.
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What we really have now is primarily a memory-based machine with a lot of disk to expand the capacity of it.
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Other perks include a 5-in-1 memory card reader and a PCMCIA slot, but it really seems Toshiba left a lot of the usual media-friendly suspects out to make room for those dual 120GB SATA drives.
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Flash memory and other semiconductor manufacturing uses equipment with a lot of similarities to the equipment used to make magnetic recording components.
Even as the memory of her fades, says Goldfarb, she still inspires a lot of love and admiration.
Clearly there is a lot of activity in the flash storage industry and more expected next week at the 2012 Flash Memory Summit.
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"We put a lot of hooks into it, the ability to run multiple processes and have enough storage and memory, " said Jayshree Ullal , senior vice president of Cisco's security and technology group.
"The iPhone is a big factor in rejuvenating a lot of the NAND market and the flash market in general, " says Alan Niebel, chief executive officer at memory and storage researcher Web-Feet Research in Monterey, Calif.
"I've been thinking a lot about fathers and sons in the course of this, and I'd like to accept this in the memory of my grandfather, Michael Balcon, my father, Cecil Day-Lewis, and my three fine boys, Gabriel, Ronan and Cashel, " he added.
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