At 12:34 AM -0500 4/13/02, Brad Allen wrote:
>>As a demonstration, set the allocation to the default (15,000) and run Revolution. 
>Immediately switch to the Finder and select About This Computer on the Apple menu. 
>You should see Revolution taking something in excess of 15,000 -- maybe 20,000 to 
>30,000, depending on circumstances. This is because Revolution (like many other apps 
>on the Mac) allocates memory dynamically -- as dynamically as is possible on Mac OS 9.
>
>Most other apps that use dynamic memory add to the system heap size. Rev's behavior 
>is very unusual for a Mac app, at least in the way it increases its own RAM 
>allocation rather than adding to the size of the system heap. I've never seen another 
>Mac app do that.

I think the Mac is more accurate about reporting memory usage today than it once was. 
Here are some apps on my hard drive that seem to be taking more than I gave them:

AppleWorks
Eudora
Microsoft Word
Photoshop
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regards,

Geoff Canyon
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