Re: Whatever happened to RAM disks?

2010-08-07 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
And in general, I hate virtual memory. It slows systems down horribly. I know many with inadequate RAM depend on it. But RAM is cheap and time is precious. Too precious for slow hard drive VM read writes. If you want to see your Mac behave like a Winblows machine turn the VM setting up. -- You

Re: Whatever happened to RAM disks?

2010-08-07 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
ithink we have a misunderstanding here. I increase my RAM to it's max, but i use flash disks to store info instead of using ram disks to store programs. -- It's anyway, anyhow, anywhere you choose it. -Me Sent from my Power Mac G4 Sawtooth -- You received this message because you are a member

Re: Whatever happened to RAM disks?

2010-08-07 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
i completely understand what you said. I was referring to virtual RAM. i was wondering if there is a way to completely turn off virtual memory to increase system performance on a mac. RAM on the other hand, most of my computers have it to their limits. -- It's anyway, anyhow, anywhere you choose

Re: Whatever happened to RAM disks?

2010-08-07 Thread Dan
At 3:55 AM -0400 8/7/2010, Mark Sokolovsky wrote: i completely understand what you said. I was referring to virtual RAM. i was wondering if there is a way to completely turn off virtual memory to increase system performance on a mac. RAM on the other hand, most of my computers have it to their

Re: Whatever happened to RAM disks?

2010-08-07 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Mark Sokolovsky coolmar...@gmail.comwrote: ithink we have a misunderstanding here. I increase my RAM to it's max, but i use flash disks to store info instead of using ram disks to store programs. ___

Re: Whatever happened to RAM disks?

2010-08-07 Thread Kevin Barth
Ram disks are not for storing programs . they disappear on shutdown unless set up for reboot. A lot of people use RAM drives to store executables, in fact. Yes, they disappear on shutdown unless set up for reboot. So set them up for reboot. Adding a few seconds to a reboot that I might do

Re: Whatever happened to RAM disks?

2010-08-07 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Kevin Barth godai@gmail.com wrote: Ram disks are not for storing programs . they disappear on shutdown unless set up for reboot. A lot of people use RAM drives to store executables, in fact. Yes, they disappear on shutdown unless set up for reboot.

Re: Whatever happened to RAM disks?

2010-08-06 Thread Wallace Adrian D'Alessio
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 4:39 AM, admin oneluc...@mac.com wrote: Anyone still work with them? For what uses? How? Thanks. They are very much around and useful for those who know how. Do you have enough RAM ? MAX it ! Want to speed up your Photoshop or other application ? Make a RAM disk