How can I tell how much ram I am using?

Trying to figure out why my computer keeps freezing up.  Maybe I need more memory?  Loaded Lion, and it seems to operate quickly, but still freezes up.  Any suggestions?

Utilities/Activity Monitor
has settings that can show you a pane of memory usage at this moment.
It also has some "cute" features that I use often. You can specify that its Dock Icon should display the Pie chart of memory usage whenever Activity Monitor is open. Then you can close Activity Monitor's window and go  about your business. The pie chart stays there in the dock, and is updated "live", and one click opens the full activity monitor window without Launching.

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