On Apr 27, 2009, at 6:38 PM, Donald Burr wrote:
> > I'm not sure how to interpret the values shown in the Memory tab in > Activity Monitor. "Free" memory is very small (only about 77 MB at > this moment). Alot of memory is shown as either "active" or > "inactive" (both around 280-290 MB right now), with a somewhat smaller > amount showing as "wired" (currently 125 MB). "Used" (I assume this > is the total of everything except "free" memory) is about 700 MB. I > am also seeing rather high values for the "VM size" (44 GB) and "page > ins" (2.92 GB). "page outs" is only about 317 MB or so. It seems to > me from these values that memory is indeed a bottleneck here, but > maybe I am reading this all wrong? Nope, you've nailed it, the issue is your memory. My favorite RAM vendor is Data MEmory Systems <http://www.datamemorysystems.com> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
