When you think about the relatively limited memory bandwidth on Macs, the
sheer number of "windows" under MacOS X (I often have 300+ Quartz windows
open), and the 10+-to-1 compression ratio, you quickly release what a good
thing this feature is.
mikel
Holy cow! 300 windows open. That’s awesome! It made me wonder, what does the dock do when you send dozens and dozens of minimized windows to the Dock? Does the Dock stop accepting them after a while, or does it shrink down to microscopic size? <G> I know this is a trivial question for you or the group — your compression hack is nifty, and the point of the thread. But I was just stunned by the idea of that many windows open at once and how you would keep track of them. No need to answer if this, of course, just curious. Thanks!
PS — I have found since my switch to OSX, that I do keep many, many more programs and subsequent windows open, or minimized, and I have to get in the habit of not quitting programs, but just have them running forever....it’s unique experience after so many years on the Mac...the OSX system is so damn stable, it’s unbelievable...everything I need is always on and always there....no boot up time, no application start up time (except initially) just everything I want at hand and running...it’s great!
Steve
