Missing 1gb of hard disk space after upgrading to 2.5 gb of RAM

I recently upgraded my Macbook to 2.5 GB RAM. I took out one 512 MB card and put in a 2 GB one, keeping the other 512 MB one in. After I booted up I noticed I was missing about a GB of space and it was running a bit slow, is this normal after changing RAM?

Not really since VM increases if the demand for VM increases, not the amount of RAM installed. Regardless of the amount of installed RAM the VM file always begins at the same size on startup - 64 MBs with Tiger and Leopard; 128 MBs for earlier versions. If one never runs out of available RAM then the VM file will never change. So in reality the more RAM installed the less likely the VM file size will increase.

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i probably know that this is a silly question but here goes:
i've backup my hard drive into my external hard disk using a time machine.
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fsug2 wrote:
i've backup my hard drive into my external hard disk using a time machine.
if, i deleted the files in my mac. will it be missing in the hard disk too?
YES! Not immediately, but sooner or later, Time Machine will delete it's copies of things that are no longer on your system. See #20 in [Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/FAQ.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Depending on the circumstances, the copies may be deleted in as little as 24 hours.
because, i am already low on space and would really want to delete my important files that already backed-up.
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Occasionally my hard disk space will start disappearing for no apparent (to me) reason. I'll have 15 gigs of available hard disk space that will disappear, and I'll get messages that I'm running out of disk space, interfering with what I'm doing.
After I restart my computer, it seems to reset, but I would like to stop it altogether (as, obviously, it's not always convenient to restart my computer in the middle of tasks.)
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1. Empty Trash.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10677
2. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
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    http://pondini.org/OSX/LionStorage.html

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