Yes, and in OS X? There is a utility that tells you how much Ram you're using, but I forget if it allows Ram allocation (OS X 'does' it for you). Cheers George
--- "Brian L. Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Remember, all you're doing > >is using your hard drive to substitute for lack of > RAM. > > One other thing VM does for you is that it will page > directly out of > an (fat or PowerPC) application's data fork. This > means when you run > an application with VM on, only the specific code > you're using has to > be loaded into memory, the rest of it won't be > loaded until it's > needed. With VM off, the whole application has to be > loaded when you > start the application. This is why when you do a Get > Info on an > application and look at the memory allocated to it, > it will say > something like "This application will require <n>K > more if your turn > virtual memory off." (with VM on). > > Brian ===== "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all /'\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with \ / No HTML/RTF in email all thy strength, and with all thy mind; X No Word docs in email and thy neighbour as thyself." / \ Respect for open standards Quoted from St Luke, 10:27. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
