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Subject: RAM ... Who Needs It?!
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Date: 7 Nov 90 01:48:57 GMT
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I've been running PageMaker 4.0 with the default 1.5Meg
RAM reserved for its activities. I boosted this up to
4.5Meg (on a 5Meg-RAM MacII) using the command-i menu from
the PageMaker icon. (I then even rebooted the machine ...
was this necessary?) 

End result was that I saw no difference whatsoever. I know
because I had a second identical Mac next to it for
comparison, and with or without the additional 3Meg
breathing room, PageMaker 4.0 moved (or should I say heaved)
along at the same snail's pace.

If I was overlooking something, I hope someone will let me know.
Is abundant RAM useful only with the MultiFinder?
Does the RAM cache feature in the general cdev figure in any
of this?


-Rick Vitale.