On 12 Aug 2005, at 18:41, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
os x makes extensive use of spare disk space how exactly?
unix doesnt.
linix doesnt.
How is freebsd different then?
OS X is based on FreeBSD but it's not simply FreeBSD.
"Unlike most UNIX-based operating systems, Mac OS X does not use a
preallocated swap partition for virtual memory. Instead it uses all
of the available space on the machine's boot partition."
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Performance/Conceptual/
ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html>
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