Yeah i used to be like you where my ram was nearly always about 25% full, whereas now, im running itunes, msn (with no chat boxes open) and opera and i have 18% free ram. I might try openin my pc up later and see what happens, thanks for the tip. why arent you mod of this place eh
edit: tried it with just 256mb the first one was normal, then i tried it with the second..