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From: ted@hpwrce.HP.COM ( Ted Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: virgin System uses > 1 Meg of RAM ???!!!
Message-ID: <7380035@hpwrce.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Jan 90 07:10:31 GMT
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I just tried booting System/Finder 4.1/5.5 (which ran fine when my Mac
had only 1 Meg).  Now I find that approx 1300k are being used just by
the System & Finder (sez a DA which displays memory usage)!  It used
to only use 300k or so!



Does the System base its memory usage on the amount of RAM present?
I.e., does it trade off memory usage for speed?  ("Hey, this machine
has 2.5 Meg.  I'll use up 4x as much memory as I would use on a 1 Meg machine,
so I can run a bit faster.")

Things are looking pretty grim.  THINK C 3.0 (the main reason for 
going to 2.5 Meg) just quit with an "Out of memory" error when
compiling the "Hello, world" example!  :-(

Any and all clues greatly appreciated!

-Ted  "Out of the frying pan and into the fire"