OT : When is 1.5 not enough?

[john allan]

I am grateful for that ... amazing ... Mail 130 MB [ 2 MB more just 
from launching this email to send ], Terminal 70 MB, Safari 78 MB, 
LoginWIndow [ why? ] 71.4 MB ... Hell's teeth these Unix Geeks know how 
to produce code.

As someone that remembers OS 6 where a System Folder and all apps could 
fit in one floppy, and who could do almost as much on it as I do on OS 
X, I wonder what the hair oil is going on it there.

227 MB just for System, email and browsing!!!!

[ Oops, 113 MB just gone for iTunes ]

John

>> When is 1.5 not enough?
>
> Open a terminal window, type "top" + return. If the number of pageouts
> mentioned in the header is more than zero, 1.5 GB has not been enough 
> and VM
> has kicked in.
>
> ,xtG