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Unused RAM is wasted RAM. Even if it's just the OS keeping apps on memory for faster launches. If you do need heavy RAM for a task your OS is clever enough to reshuffle things.
Used RAM does use more electricity but that is so neglible it's a non-issue and no argument.
Of my 32 GB at least 26 GB are constantly in use.
The problem is that when it is relocated, processor consumption increases. And as matter of fact, my operating system doesn't cache anything and still opens applications very quickly, even faster than Windows.
Maybe isn't a issue to you but for anyone with a laptop it is and it's pretty visible.
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What processor are you using, a 486? Memory management should be effectively instant on any modern platform.
I also find it extremely hard to believe that your unspecified OS doesn't do any caching. Even vxworks does caching.