[THE MAC GOD]

I have 512MB on my iMac and 640 in my iBook... I have Menu Meters to watch memory and network activity. How come both computers insist on using swap files instead of memory? I always have a huge excess of free memory that is just sitting there while once in a while, the HD grinds unneccesarily. Any reasons why or what? The system should use free memory until it needs more free ram and then it should switch to swaps...

[Thinine]

How do you know it's using the swap file? And anyway, OS X always uses the swap file, no matter how much memory you have. As long as it's just pageins, and no pageouts, you're still good.

[SMacTech]

Originally posted by THE MAC GOD:
I always have a huge excess of free memory

A subjective statement. I never had much of an excess of RAM when I had 512mb installed.
I would be curious to see what top would show compared to what menumeters is showing.
Here is mine after using it all day:
PhysMem: 74.6M wired, 229M active, 497M inactive, 802M used, 29.8M free
VM: 4.65G + 83.0M 54566(0) pageins, 489(0) pageouts

you need to update your sig, your iBook says only 256mb

[SSharon]

I'm running a DP MDD with 768mb and this is what I usually get . . .

PhysMem: 67.9M wired, 429M active, 250M inactive, 747M used, 20.8M free
VM: 4.81G + 3.62M 65974(0) pageins, 143744(0) pageouts

with menu meters saying the same thing, and uptime is 4 days if that makes any difference.

[Xeo]

Originally posted by THE MAC GOD:
Formerly "imacman11"
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--MACGOD--
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Rev. A iMac
Master-120GB W.D. / Slave-40GB Maxtor
512MB RAM
6MB VRAM / 8MB Gamewizard
MCE 24x10x24 CD-RW
Harmoni 600mhz Upgrade

14" iBook 700
30 GB HD / Combo Drive
256 MB RAM
16 MB VRAM (QE baybee)

Your sig is way too big. Please reduce it to 4 lines or less.

[mitchell_pgh]

VM: 6.04G + 80.0M 229563(11) pageins, 536566(0) pageouts

UPTIME: 4:29PM up 7 days, 1:25, 2 users, load averages: 0.67, 0.70, 0.64

I'm not an uptime freak, but it's nice to see that my computer doesn't die every day like with OS 9...

[fat mac moron]

I'm not an uptime freak, but it's nice to see that my computer doesn't die every day like with OS 9... [/B]

Ugh, no doubt. I would've rather seen Steve use a 12 gauge shotgun and skeet shoot an OS 9 CD rather than stick it into a coffin.

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Originally posted by Xeo:
Your sig is way too big. Please reduce it to 4 lines or less.

Not to mention nobody is really intrested in what ghetto mac's you have