> micke bystr�m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (02/20/2003 2:27 PM): >Charles Lincoln said: >>I have rarely gone above a 300 MB effective load
> What do you mean "effective load"? In my experience, you always have >5-20 MB free (until you get close to max) and the OS decides what app >gets what amount of memory. Haven't checked that much since 10.1 though. > >If you have less RAM, some processes will be paged out and then the >memory load will be less than whay you're actually using. What you want >to avoid is pageouts on apps you're likely to use soon. Getting it back >from VM takes time, a lot less now than before, but with such small price >difference I can't understand why one shouldn't buy as much RAM you have >money for. You got me, Micke. I'm still learning after upgrading from a 7 year old Duo with 20MB RAM, so I'm rather excited with 128MB, especially in OS 9.2. I won't argue with the principle of get as much RAM as you can afford. I was able to afford $450 for a 16MB RAM for my Quadra 605 when I got it. Yet now, $ are the constraint when so many applications need to be updated for the OSX transition, not to mention SCSI devices. The difference between the cost of 256MB RAM and 512MB RAM will cover the cost of upgrading Retrospect -- that is the kind of decision I am having to make; and thus hoping the a utility like "Do you Need More Memory?" helps me decide on the most cost effective selections. I think the comparison is about $US 40 for 256MB vs $100+ for 512MB. If I didn't really want the 512, I would have purchased the 256 by now, instead of tolerating 128MB while hoping prices come down. The other way to interpret the report from "Do you Need More Memory?" is that I need 1.3 GB RAM based on pageouts - which even occur during a start-up. Can't make 1.3GB with the iBook. In the meantime, I'm delighted a how fast applescripts run. - Charlie ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
