Silent running iBook: Revisited!

[Charles Martin]

> From: Small Moose Ltd <small_moose_ltd at mac.com>
>
> For my purposes I want to put the iBook on my lap, have AppleWorks 6 
> and
> Microsoft Word open at the same time, probably Entourage too. I want 
> to be
> able to flip between the three and not have the hard drive spin up 
> once.
>
RAM Disk: Terrible idea, won't work.

Tons of RAM: Great idea, will work most of the time (not 100%).

(the above applies to Mac OS X only, btw).

_Chas_

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the most mundane task can be done artfully and compassionately, 
beautifully and invitingly. " -- Glenn McDonald