Goodsounds wrote: > Can't "more memory" also just be needed to handle a bigger software > footprint, and so ultimately have no effect on performance? I don't > think there's any automatic conclusion to draw without more > information. > > Sometimes simply having a smaller footprint produces faster > performance. I don't know if that's the case here, that's beyond my > understanding of things.
In designing an application it's often a trade-off between memory use and speed. More memory allows you to keep more things in fast RAM. Of course, in modern OS'es it also pays to leave more RAM free, because it can be used for caching. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
