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- HIVE7
do you have your virtual memory (paging file) on or off?
applys to both mac and pc
- unknown0
OFF!
- lostnation0
what should it be set to?
- unknown0
on a mac you should turn it off unless you've got like 64mb of ram.
- unknown0
sometimes off sometimes on sometimes both interesting question
- SLAZ0
OFF... especially in OS9... causes a lot of crashed and empty failed startups...
- paulrand0
off
- robert0
seeing how you can only change the pagefile size on a PC I am sure you are directing this question more towards the mac.
I have mine off on the mac and then on the PC I have it set high (1gig) on the secondary drive.
- mikeim0
doesn't OSX auto control memory usage?
- unknown0
yes is does, vm is a os9 and earlier thang
- davetufts0
no.
...wait, isn't this an 'on or off' question more than a 'yes or no' questions as stated in the thread's subject?
- HIVE70
it's either yes, i do have it on or no i dont... that simple
- davetufts0
then the question should be asked: "do you have ... on?" NOT "do you have ... on or off?"
(sorry, I just couldn't resist...)
- ribit0
no, I have it on.
- ********0
on I believe
- CyBrainX0
I'm not sure what a paging file is, but I know one thing. Virtual memory is a comatose pig. NEVER use it under any circumstances, unlike you like slow computers. I'm on Mac.
- davetufts0
agreed - VM is not good. real operating systems (OS X, Unix) handle VM on their swap partition, so i don't even think that you can turn it on or off in OS X.
- ribit0
yes, you can't.
- sexypixel0
i have it set to 'maybe', windows xp pro
- ********0
ok i have 786mgs of ram on win 2000 pro...yes or no?
ps. what the hell is a virtual memory paging file?
- sexypixel0
the paging file is a way for windows to use your freespace on your harddrive as a ram buffer.