System usage

Two quick questions.
1. I open up too many windows and I get an "Out of memory" error. Weird fonts appear on screen, pictures don't display... in sum, the computer crashes. Now, is that related to RAM or to the processor? I have 128MB RAM, and with my Pentium 3 800MHZ this never happened before. However, the processor broke, so I replaced it with a Celeron 588 MHZ. Is it Celeron's fault or is it just the RAM?

2. When you open Notepad and go to Help -- About, the available system resource percentage appears on screen. Once again, is that available RAM or available "space" in the processor?

Did you reinstall Windows? I think it uses different drivers for faster processors. That may have something to do with it. 128 is a very small amount of RAM nowadays. I think that may be the minimum required, too. It may be higher, though. I'd get 512 if I were you.

What version of Window are you trying to run?? If its XP then 128 MB is not going to cut it especially with a 600 MHZ Celeron. My line of thought with Celeron's is to get as much RAM as you can get into the PC.

Hmmm, no I didn't re-instal. It's Windows ME.
Yeah, I'm getting a new computer as soon as I can... I just wanted to know if "Out of memory" errors occur because of insufficient RAM or insufficient processing capacity...?

its your RAM, the notepad about screen is your total physical memory availible, have a look at my notepad ...... i have 1 gig of ram (1024mb)

Ah, thanks!