Theres a downstairs iMac that has 4gb RAM inside running el capitan , if i open it and take out one of the slots of ram and replace it with different stick of ram leaving it with 3gb ram , what will happen when i turn the computer back on.
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Moving 4GB ram to 3GB ram while el capitan is installed
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Why do you expect that something particular should happen by doing that?
Ed
The Activity Monitor Memory Pressure graph will likely more easily turn yellow/red than before with 4GB installed. When it does that you may notice it also swaps to disk more often, that may give you beachballs as I assume you have a normal HDD installed which are slooow when swapping.
But if you only use it for light web browsing and email you may not notice any difference.
But if you only use it for light web browsing and email you may not notice any difference.