Hello,

I'm thinking of upgrading my daughter's 7.04 box to 7.10.
I have a small question. Does 7.10 use less, more, or the same amount of RAM as 7.04 to run?
Thank you:-)

Same amount of RAM

Actually, the more RAM a Linux OS uses, the better, as long as it doesn't start swapping. It stores everything you opened in the RAM so it opens faster. If you run something that requires more RAM, then it frees up the cache it's stored.
Your probably wondering if it runs faster. I'd say it boots a wee bit faster and looks a whole lot better. The overall speed for opening applicactions or ripping a CD is either the same as 7.04 or maybe even a little better. For laptops, I would not recommend upgrading, can causes pretty weird stuff to happen.
Basically you have to see if the time and effort is worth that miniscule ummppff.

Thank you Duck2006 and ctkroeker,

It is good to know that 7.10 uses a similar amount of system resources compared to 7.04.
I appreciate the help.

hitest:-)