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From: edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar)
Subject: Re: Virtual Memory and Sys 7
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Date: Fri, 10 May 1991 12:47:23 GMT

> If you need that much memory on a regular basis,
>tho', you'll quickly find that it's much too slow.

There are exceptions to this.  I find that my use of VM is mostly keeping
a lot of applications open (but not being used).  Almost the only time
there are disk swaps is when I switch from one program to another.
So I haven't noticed much slowdown.

I think I miss the 14 megs on my disk more than I miss the extra 8 megs
of RAM...  When I get a bigger disk, this may reverse.


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