On Saturday 07 January 2006 15:57, Jack wrote:
--- Luke-Jr wrote:
- a crapload of RAM
Unless you use only very few applications at a time, even 1 GB won't be enough. I generally sit around 3 GB RAM usage-- mostly swapped, which kills performance.
Or you could just use less applications at once.
Hence "Unless you use only very few applications at a time".
Please do tell me, how is it anyone can use more than a few applications at a time?
The same way a CPU runs more than one application at a time :)
I've found that I am limited by having two hands each with five digits. I've not yet matered using a foot keyboard yet. With these 10 digits I have only two eyes to process the incoming information,
Learn to use virtual desktops and task switching.
all of which must be processed by a single CPU.
Come on, give your brain more credit!
Just how many tasks can one really successfully hope to accomplish with such a configuration?
Sure, there's a performance hit overall for multitasking, but everyone can put up with it for computers-- so it's not much more to do it in your mind.
While it may be really cool to say you run 50 applications all at once, the truth is I suspect most of them are sitting idle most of the time and just using up RAM that could be made better use of by other more frequently used applications.
Most applications are not running most of the time regardless-- especially when the CPU is occupied executing another.