>>> How many applications do you have open? You could be taxing your system in
>>> CPU and ram.
>>> 
>> This is a virtual memory system.   Within reason, it should be able to
>> accommodate any number of applications.  In fact, my application activity is
>> pretty much constant, stable,  and moderate:  Entourage, Word, Acrobat Reader
>> Safari, iCal, Stickies, iTunes, TextEdit, Terminal, and Adobe Illustrator.
>> That�s not unreasonable for 448 MB of actual RAM, and �top� doesn�t indicate
>> unusual  CPU loading.
>> 
> IMHO, 448 MB of RAM is cutting it mighty close. With all those apps open
> what does WindowServer indicate?

I heard that 500MB was the magic number for RAM, that you'd get a
significant performance boost having more than that number.



> Some apps will leak and can cause the type of problem you describe. Just
> keep a watch out for that.

Note, leaky apps won't bring down the system or affect other apps, they just
use more and more RAM until they crash.

- B


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