Should i quit application to have better ram memory?

should i quit application to have better ram memory and a better performance or on 10.4.2 or is that ok to close the windows but not quit the programs...
thank you
hubert

Mac OS X tries to optimize performance by caching a whole lotta stuff. What that means is that if you quit a program, you might not necessarily get all that RAM back right away because OS X will keep some of the data around in case you use that app again soon. This is not necessarily a problem because the flip side is also true: if you launch a program and don't do anything with it, other programs will be able to use memory that the first program originally wanted to reserve. It is all very fluid and complicated and the best thing to do is to do what you want and let OS X do what it wants.
The advantage to closing windows and programs is not so much for memory management but to boost performance a little. The less the machine has to keep track of and redraw and manage, the faster it can do whatever you're trying to concentrate on.
To me it boils down to this: If you're going to use an app again soon, leave it open (I leave Mail and Safari open all the time). If you're not going to use an app soon, close it. All the rest you can leave up to the sophisticated workings of OS X memory management, which are really not worth second guessing unless you are a very smart engineer.

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