>i regularly totally cover my 1280*1024 desktop, sometimes bad enough >that i have to move things to better places just to get everything back >on screen. i've also burned backup cd's with it cluttered, and then >tried to use the cd on a friends smaller desktop. never had any crashes >that seemed related. traditionally having too many apps open can cause >problems, and possibly having too many windows open. if they occur >while you're browsing give your browser more memory in the get info box, >i usually netscape and give it several times what it thinks is optimal, >and i've heard the same about i.e. (ps, if you use i.e., get over to >microsoft, apparently they've patched a huge security hole that's been >there for at least 6 years, it seems it would take any certificate >without bothering to check it's validity when visiting "secure" sites, >no doubt this has been exploited before). what makes you think the >crashes and corruption are memory related? if they are it's most likely >poor cooling or dirty contact fingers on the ram. i'd suspect harddrive >corruption possibly. which os are you using? (sorry i only know about >9.1 and earlier). > >James Neff wrote: >> >> this might be an extremely dumb, if not utterly elemental question, >> but... i seem to notice that on my G3 and G4, compared to back when I >> used pre-G macs, there's a lot of memory related crashes and >> corruptions that I "suspect" have a lot to do with how much material >> one heaps on the desktop. i've been a desktop-a-holic forever. i keep >-----------
Im using 9.0.4. I think the crashes are memory related because I seem to get so many memory numbered error codes all the time, despite having 368 megs of RAM. I crash at least 20 times a day. I have on every mac I've ever had, actually :) it's just something I've gotten used to. Crash, run disk repair, rebuild desktop, start again. Just thought maybe I was taxing the system with so much on my Desktop. ooh, thanks for reminding me about the IE plug. I've been meaning to deal with that. -- James Neff Webmaster - http://www.rense.com Digital Illustration [EMAIL PROTECTED] Advertising at Rense.com http://www.rense.com/adv.htm -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
