Okay, what about today's SSD drives? I suspect the whole process would be pretty much instant.
On 13 Jan 2014, at 8:37 am, Travis Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 8, 2014, at 5:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> >> One of the things the Power Saver does is to compress memory on the fly when >> memory starts getting low thus providing more memory for other applications. > > This is a terrible idea. This was tried many years ago in the dos era, and > it failed miserably. I expect it will do the same here. IMO, compressing > data in memory is *not* the way to go. most unix oses already swap out > unused programs, which is sometimes why when you switch back to a program > you've not been using for a while, it takes a short time before it comes up, > because it needs to swap the program back into memory before it can run. > This truly is the best way to handle memory management. It's a proven and > reliable technology, and has been used for almost as many years as unix has > been around. Compressing existing memory is just asking for trouble, because > of the multiple methods of accessing memory, if a program asks for a segment > of memory that is compressed, and it doesn't ask in a way the compressor > understands, then it's going to fail fantastically, and nobody's going to be > able to figure out why (for a while at least). These sorts of things are > what make neat ideas on paper, but have horrible results in practice. > If it works for you, be happy, but I'd not expect it to work all the time for > everything, and eventually, one of those times it isn't going to work is when > you'll need it the most *not* to fail. > I'd personally stay away from this feature, but that's just me. I'm sure > apple tested this feature, and feel it's ready for primetime use, but when I > manage to upgrade to mavericks, That's one feature I won't be activating. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > ********** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
