Re: Apple? (subject change)

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From: Robert Cassidy
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 16:55

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In article <415fq1$2na@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, dylanfa@aol.com (Dylan F A)
wrote:

> : So VM is not essential, since all it does is save the need to buy
> : real memory?
> 
> I really dislike VM. If I need to run something that my real RAM can't
> handle, more than likely it's already pretty slow/computationally taxing.
> VM just makes things worse.
> 
> And VM most definately does not "save the need to buy real memory". It's a
> slow desperate solution. If you need more memory, buy more memory. Your
> fancy processor doesn't help much if you swap continously.

This is silly.

Typically, 16MB is more than enough for my needs. But now and then, I fire
up Photoshop and I might need upwards of 100MB - should I drop $3000 on
memory just to speed up Photoshop? Hell, I'd be better off buying a 9500
with that money and getting the speed gains there for all of my apps.

VM makes perfect sense so long as you don't use it improperly.

-- 
Bob Cassidy
UC Irvine

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Subject: Re: Apple? (subject change)
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 09:55:53 -0700
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