That wasn't the point. And you've introduced a completely new element to a point that's already been completely confused by people being obtuse.
This was not a conversation about introducing a large file into an already-open application.
The original point I made was that RAM in itself has nothing to do with how quickly a program or application will open. Whether 4GB or 8GB, the HDD or SSD dictates the speed at which a application will open.
And you missed the point we, as you call us, obtuse people were making, that if you have all of your memory loaded and try to open something the more memory you have helps as less swapping takes place.
Face the fact that we are both right. I never said you were wrong as the drive will make a great difference, but I was just pointing out that your statement had no exclusions and was simply stating that RAM never made a difference. It is not true for every case, and that was the point we were trying to make is that it does in certain cases and instances.
Why can't you accept the fact that there are cases where it makes a difference, rather than making assumptions about our usage abilities and knowledge. I personally have one program that loads so many plug-in during the starting that I noticed a great deal of difference when adding RAM, and this same effect happened whether using an installed SSD or HDD (increases were felt in both conditions). My entire company had to order more RAM for all of the machines recently to make productivity gains.