> Does this mean that OS9 on my 3400 would give me more RAM in my finder > than in OS8.6. I keep getting freezes after using my computer for > several > minutes and switching applications frequently. I keep checking my > "About > this Computer" to see how much RAM is used and I never come close to > using > my 144 mb. I have upgraded all application RAM, except the finder > which I > do not know how to allocate more RAM. I have found that by turning on > the > RAM Disk, I get a little larger system RAM readings. Even if the speed > drops a little, would I have more system RAM to use with OS9.x? A few > less freezes?
No, it means just the opposite. 9.x takes up more RAM than 8.6, so there is less available for apps., as I said. The more RAM you have, the more 9.x will eat. I can't boot into 9 on my iBook right now to find out how much the OS uses, but I can tell you it eats a lot more on the iBook than my 1400 with only 64 MB, at least over 100 out of 384 MB. The mystery to me is what it does with it. It's not appreciably faster on a 500 MHz iBook than my G3-ized 1400. When you open and close a lot of applications, the RAM can get fragmented, somewhat like "battery memory". It can be purged by a restart or with a little freeware script called Mac OS Purge. If you can't find it on versiontracker, I can mail it to you (a grand total of 8 KB!). I keep this in my Apple Menu or Control Strip and run it periodically. It saves me a lot of aggravation. You can see how much RAM OS Purge makes available in the "About this Mac". I also have a little shareware prog. called Quit CMS that lives in the control strip. I have it set to show available RAM. It's fun to see that amount shoot up when I run OS Purge after a lot of activity. Just because you have RAM doesn't mean that you can have a bazillion apps open at once and expect them to behave. This is the fatal flaw in the classical Macintosh architecture that gave extra impetus to the development of X. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
