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| Thread ID: 41335 | 2004-01-07 11:41:00 | Whats the best OS? | nobody (5086) | Press F1 |
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| 205950 | 2004-01-08 01:15:00 | The reason your swap file is so big to start with is it is generated to the size of the base setting. It is a 'container' file so if you are only swapping out 128MB of data it will still be 768MB if that is the default setting. The most annoying thing about this is the fact MS by default allow the swap file to grow as needed. Just imagine if you have a program that has excessive memory usage and bad management. You can end up with a swap file of GB's. You can of course adjust this, and most techo's recommend you do so that your swap is one static size. This can also be a slight performance boost because windows doesn' thave to do any dynamic management. | Draggy (3005) | ||
| 205951 | 2004-01-08 01:36:00 | Yeah, static size is good, although the amount that it uses of that static size fluctuates somewhat still. Win2K/XP are good in that they'll tell you just how much of it is being used if you hit Ctrl + Shift + Esc. I believe its under the Performance tab. Even on a fresh boot with no apps open, and lots of RAM free, I've found every Win2K/XP system still uses the Swap file... |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 205952 | 2004-01-08 01:53:00 | Everytime someone in the world installs linux, god clubs a baby seal 'nuff said ;) - David |
DangerousDave (697) | ||
| 205953 | 2004-01-08 02:05:00 | This is because no matter what windows always likes to assign 1MB of swap space to each application that starts. Not sure on the reasoning behind it but it means its not a good idea to turn swap files of entirely. I've generally found a 1 for 1 setting good. Eg 512MB RAM runs well with a 512MB swap file. Some people say it should be 1.5 or 2 to 1 but I've never run into any issue's. | Draggy (3005) | ||
| 205954 | 2004-01-08 02:06:00 | The best OS is Windows. Billy Gates didn't pay me to say that. Did you Bill... sorry you mean you did. When can I pick up the money? | Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 205955 | 2004-01-08 07:55:00 | Sounds good to me. Eat what you like. Use whatever O/S you like. Drive whatever car you like. Marry whomever you like. :-) | Elephant (599) | ||
| 205956 | 2004-01-08 08:06:00 | Score:-1, Troll | bmason (508) | ||
| 205957 | 2004-01-08 08:40:00 | Yes Chill and Agent, my very first reaction to the post was curiosity about the poster and name. Hmmmm....... Anyway, apart from that, we all know Elephant's preferred operating system is a woodchipper and a sheep for a browser. :D |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 205958 | 2004-01-08 09:08:00 | > Anyway, apart from that, we all know Elephant's > preferred operating system is a woodchipper and a > sheep for a browser. :D Nay, it was a cow Winston, a woodchipper and a cow. ;-) |
Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 205959 | 2004-01-08 09:50:00 | Mea culpa. Of course the cow is a much better browser than the sheep - I forgot. But wasn't there some problem with finding the cow's capacity? Perhaps the sheep was more stable after all. Which leads us to horses......oh dear. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
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