ok at the risk of really showing you guys how dumb i am ive just got to know why whit a 1gig p3 and 512mg of ram with win me i can only get 78% free resources. is there a secret to having maximum resources free. i dont mind waiting for a program to open i just want my machine to be ready to provide maximum horsepower to the proggies i am using at the time. what is the optimum setup for having max memory resources available at all times?