[G4] Dragging problem

[Howard Rush Productions]

To all,

Thanks so much for all of the help and advice. I will try everything suggested
until something works. I appreciate your time on this.

Thanks
Barry

To JJ,
I don't think the programs I use are badly written. They are professional programs
that have been out since the mac has been and restarting the computer every 4 hours
is not an option. That's just counter productive. Besides the blue G4 I had prior
to this never did what this one does. Its suppose to be better not slower. I also
stated in my email the reason I can not use OSX at this point, I'm just kind of
stuck or I would use it.

Thanks so much for your efforts.
B

SnowWhite wrote:

> On Monday, April 14, 2003, at 01:32  PM, Power Macintosh G4 List wrote:
>
> >
> >> The problem I am having is that through out the day my mac starts to
> >> drag or delay and especially if I am on line. It seems to be fine in
> >> the
> >> morning when I start my day and by the end of the drags badly. What I
> >> mean by drag is for example, I type and sentence and the letters show
> >> up
> >> 2 or 3 minutes later.
> >
> > I have the same problem on a Sawtooth 400.  Personally, I think OS 9
> > sucks, and
> > my theory is when I install 8.6 on it, the problem will vanish.
> > However, I am
> > VERY new to the G4 crowd, so if anyone has any facts (rather than
> > opinions) I
> > would be indebted.
> >
> > -Lavode
>
> Lavode and the original poster;
>
> OS 9 is much more capably than OS 8 but you do what you think best. If
> you are doing graphic design (in OS 9 or lower) you should reboot every
> 4 hours or so. The programs you are using are memory hungry and can
> easily fill the heap and overflow the stack causing a fatal error.
> Think of your memory as a glass and as you open programs add water.
> Then if you close a program with memory at the bottom of the glass the
> memory is theoretically open but the memories of all the programs above
> it block it away. Now open any program (even the same one as before)
> and it will take memory from the top thus filling the glass futher.
> Eventually all your programs begin to crawl for want of memory and if
> it fills right past the top the overflow causes a system crash.
>
> Poorly written programs are real culprites of this and also very large
> memory using programs can cause this problem. A reboot will solve it.
> If it does not then use Nortons and DiskWarrior to fix it and optimize
> the disks.
>
> OSX is different with dynamic memory alocation - just feed it lots of
> ram and let it do its thing. OSX has given me no memory problems with
> this G4 running for months at a time. Classic does have memory problems
> such as in OS 9.
>
> jj
>
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