MacBook 2GB RAM concern. Anyone had problems?!!

I have just recently bought a MacBook and upgraded the RAM to 2GB. I have noticed that (I know that this is supposed to happen) that after the computer has been running a while, my Inactive memory is usually 1.25GB and free is 25MB, but my computer also seems to bog down bad after this happens. This also happens when I have run BitTorrent for a while. Could it be something that BotTorrent is doing, like the computer is caching everything I download. Or is the memory too HIGH? HELP!

If you think your memory is being used up look at the page in, page outs for the hard disk. OSX will use the hard disk when all the memory is in use. However, inactive memory is memory that is not being used and if OSx needs more memory it will grab it from the inactive portion. I don't use any Bit torrent apps so could not tell you if that will slow you down. I have 2gb and don't notice any slowdown or page outs unless I'm running a lot of programs and burning/ripping a dvd at the same time.
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