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Article #2427Re: Infrequently Answered Questions
From: Simon Hobson
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 16:11
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 16:11
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In article <48@thebeast.demon.co.uk>, steverogers@thebeast.demon.co.uk (Steve Rogers)@thebeast.demon. wrote: >1) What's the right way to decide on the size of a Mac's RAM cache? In my experience, the cache makes very little difference unless it is very big. Most people I know work in modes that involve moving significant volumes of data from the disk (like reading MBytes to launch Word for example), but very little involving repetitive access to small amounts of data. My usual advice is set it as small as it will go and give the rest to the programs - it'l do more good that way. Just my 2p worth, Simon =========================================================================== | Simon Hobson - Carrier Communications Ltd | | simon@ccomms.demon.co.uk voice +44 1229 581357 fax +44 1229 581203 | ===========================================================================
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