[Duo2400] Re: Question for 2400 OSX users

Larry Friedman larry.s.f at mindspring.com
Wed Dec 18 16:24:32 PST 2002


OSX wants as much memory as you can give it, with apps being 
fundamentally larger then in 9 it makes sense to give it as much ram as 
possible. If you can afford it, do it, but you still won't have enough 
to run Classic. Makes you wonder if Connectix will write Ram Doubler X.

~ Larry


On Wednesday, December 18, 2002, at 12:14  PM, Ivan Drucker wrote:

> I dunno, but I have to imagine it would make a difference. OS X writes
> out VM pages in 80 MB chunks, and I think having a little clearance 
> would
> probably have some impact. But I am hardly an expert on these matters, 
> so
> I'll be curious as to what your experience is.
>
> Ivan.
>
> ----------------
>
>> I am running OSX on my 2400 G3 400mhz with 80meg of ram. I have
>> recently purchased a 96meg RAM chip which will arrive in about a week.
>> My question is...How much faster is OSX with 112meg than with 80meg?
>> Has anyone experienced both?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Phil
>>
>>
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