Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 22:37:37 -0800 From: John Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Lib slow loading WWW content w/broadband
If you look at most any Windows 98 system with half a gig of ram, it won't start using the swap file until it runs out of physical ram. Hard drive access is 20 to 50 times slower than physical ram... that is why modern systems avoid using swap files all together. John Martin ============================================ ---------- From: Matthew Hanson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 8:34 PM To: Libretto Subject: RE: [LIB] Lib slow loading WWW content w/broadband Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:32:47 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Lib slow loading WWW content w/broadband Libretto list info: List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com To unsubscribe: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html >From: John Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >So more accurately, on that particular Pentium 2 (Windows 98SE, >512Meg-Ram), it will experience some lag browsing the sites like eBay and >Amazon (and 1000 others) even if it has not begun to use the swap file. > Point being, the lag can't be blamed on low system memory forcing the >use >of a hard drive for memory. > >Hope that is more clear. : ) Interesting... and virtual memory either can't step in to help the CPU process faster... or maybe the OS just wasn't set up to do it. Matt _________________________________________________________________ Communicate instantly! Use your Hotmail address to sign into Windows Live Messenger now. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview
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