On May 3, 2005, at 7:14 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote: > One specific thing I'm interested in is how to calculate how much > physical > RAM my system really should have. Short answer: as much as you can afford, and as can fit in your Mac. Kirk Author of: The Mac OS X Command Line: Unix Under the Hood - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France