Ron Hunter wrote:
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> Rita,
> Disk I/O is VASTLY slower than ram access. Worse, many programs seem
> to access 'scratchpad' files in a terribly inefficient, 'byte-wise'
> manner making things terribly slow. The best solution is to load the
> computer with all the ram it can handle, and get one with a quad-core
> (or two of them), and a fast HD. Frankly, Windows does a terrible job
> of swapping ram to and from disk.
Hey, Ron, it's been awhile. You'll be delighted to know the new Mac
desktop is an eight core -Xeon-, can run OS X as well as Vista, and many
flavors of other PC software if one were nostalgic.
Arguing with "Rita" is like wrestling with a pig in mud. Even when
you've got it pinned, it's just loving the mud.
--
john mcwilliams
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