> Do you think 500MBs is enough for a VM swap partition? I think I'm > going to have to shoot for at least 1 GB, and I have 400MBs ram. I do > alot of fairly heavy photoshop and graphics work though. My classic > partitoin I've had as small as 100 MBs.
Well, now, that's a *very* good question. I don't yet have enough information to say. And regrettably, my MacOS client base (I'm a freelance IT consultant & journalist) is not yet showing much enthusiasm for migrating to OS X. I tried to push people towards Windows NT when it was new because even users of only existing 16 -bit Windows applications got clear advantages from migrating. The same isn't really true of OS X. So I'll have to defer answering. On NT, as I said in another post, the *minimum* VM requirement is (physical RAM + 12MB). On OS X, it's much leaner: with 3-4 modest apps open and no Classic loaded, my VM file sits at 17KB committed, no more. But if you're doing memory-intensive stuff, I think the (physMem X 4) guideline will hold. I don't do anything like that on my PCs, so (physMem X 1.666) seems plenty. Time will tell! -- Liam Proven � http://welcome.to/liamsweb -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
