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    why does aim use so much memory?

    why does aim take about 40 megs of system memory?
    on my memory usage list its by far at the top...

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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    Thats why you don't get AIM. (Use something else)

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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    Trojans.
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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    Quote Originally Posted by alacritous
    Thats why you don't get AIM. (Use something else)
    suggestions would be nice

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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    Mine only takes 17. Try turning off the news ticker and all that useless crap that have on there.
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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    i don't have them on

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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    dead aim
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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    btw my aim only uses 11
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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    Gaim (gaim.sourceforge.net), its got tabbed instant messanging.
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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    heh , at the moment my aim is using but 7
    It's a thing of beauty!.

    BTW: thought GAIM was primarily for linux?
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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    Thats probably what it was first made for, and the reason I tried it (Linux AIM from AOL is pretty poor), but there is a Windows version.
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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    Yeah I use GAIM...

    I used to use Trillian... but it just seemed weird.

    There are tons more, though. I use other IM clients besides AIM because (1) AIM has ads (2) slow, etc uses resources like you said (3) only AIM... I have MSN, AIM, ICQ, etc, so as you can see it is useful.

    Gaims seems a little buggy though. Maybe because the fact that it is open source and not made by some company, etc.

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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    AOL sucks. Too slow cause of too many people online (which hogs up server speed hence it slows everyones internet speed down, even for people with high bandwidths), useless program that opens when accessing the internet which contains pointless garbage, too expensive, etc.

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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    for some reason tabs bother me, I could never do tabbed IMs or tabbed internet...it just never worked for me haha

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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    Quote Originally Posted by SteveCRM
    for some reason tabs bother me, I could never do tabbed IMs or tabbed internet...it just never worked for me haha
    Wow, thats pretty funny. I'm the exact opposite. I'm a tab addict, tabbed instant messaging and internet. I even modified my WindowManager so I can tab windows together.

    Maybe its the Windows GAIM port that is buggy. I haven't really had any trouble with it yet.

    [EDIT] Trillian was pretty nice too if I remember.
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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    Trillian is quite nice. Gives you the option of logging on to five or six different IM services, including AIM, MSN, and ICQ... I just like it because the buddly list in Trillian is hidden from the task bar. Shows up next to the volume control.. quite nice.

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    Re: why does aim use so much memory?

    I don't understand what this has to do with Zaphod's ex girlfriend?
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