Thank you. I can see your point on designating VM to another external HD or disk drive where it may get erased. However, the one I am talking about would be installed in the computer, and both HDs' would run in parallel. If I designated the same amount of V.M. to that drive that the current HD has designated, than I do'nt see a problem, but there always is that chance. As my stuff is backed up and not much of a problem to fix, and I do'nt have a lot of real important stuff that can't be restored easily than I will try it. Also, it's not an expensive computer so I will try and experiment and see if it makes a difference. I'll let everyone know how it works. Thanks for the link.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > > At 11:16 AM -0800 1/6/2009, KP wrote: >>Does OSX use Virtual Memory? I want to do what I have done on >>previous PCs' and put another HD in my Mac to designate it >>completely to VM. > > As I just posted in the other thread: > > Yes, OS X does use VM - it's Unix, afterall. > > Unlike Windoze, the memory management system in Unix is quite > efficient... So moving the swap files to a different hard drive will > improve overall system performance *ONLY* if your system is horribly > memory poor in the first place. This is not the case for most users, > so we rarely recommend it. > > If your system's page out rate is that high, all the time, buying > more RAM would be a better investment... > >>Also, will OSX allow me to designate VM to a specific drive? > > Yes. I think there are instructions for doing so on macosxhints. I > strongly DO NOT recommend it unless you have a bad paging problem > (memory poor). > > > OS X is NOT Windows. THINK DIFFERENT. > 99% of the time trying to wedge a Windoze fix into OS X is a Bad Idea. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
