On 17.02.2010, at 18:54, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >>>>>> "Jochen" == Jochen Küpper <[email protected]> writes: > > Jochen> On 17.02.2010, at 18:34, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >>> I've now taken to watching the swap size on my laptop (using iStatMenus), >>> and >>> if it ever gets above 2GB total, I just reboot, because at that point, >>> everything is gonna be gummy, and that seems to be the only way to clear it. > > Jochen> Hmm, I cannot confirm that. On my MacBook (Core Duo, no “2”!) I just > Jochen> now have 2,75 GB swap (and Free is only 116 MB), according to iStat > Jochen> Menu, uptime is 18:47 up 24 days, 4:26, 3 users, load averages: 0,43 > Jochen> 0,44 0,39 and performance is perfect… really! > > Well, I have a half dozen things open all the time (Safari, Terminal, > OmniFocus, iCal, and sometimes Firefox, etc), and the penalty isn't > when staying within a single app, but switching to another app, > as that app's pages are probably now on disk.
ok – I also have 10 or more apps open, but I do realize that yo umigt be annoyed by the slow app switching I get, i.e, for switching to from Illustrator when working on big documents, like a poster. Otherwise, Safari, Mail, Emacs, Pages, iTunes, … all quite fast switching. > I wish I could install more RAM in my 2007 MBP, but I'm already maxxed at 3GB, > and I can't afford a new laptop just yet. I’ve only 2 GB in my 2006 MacBook – more isn’t possible;-( /Jochen _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
