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Ram gets used up fast before restarting.
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1422299" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>So how long are we talking?...just a guestimate is ok.</p><p></p><p>Let me give you my example. I have a 17" MacBook Pro with 4 gig of ram...and I restart it at least 2x/week. My swap file size & page-outs just get too high, things slow down too much, and I sometimes get frequent "beach-balls". </p><p></p><p>Right now my:</p><p></p><p>- page-outs are at 646.1 megabytes</p><p>- swap file size is 1.33 gigabyte</p><p>- free ram (the green wedge) is only 14.1 megabytes (barely see any "green" on the Activity Monitor pie chart)</p><p></p><p>With more ram...you don't need to restart as often. For example...with a Mac Pro that I used to have (with 12gig of ram)...I hardly ever had to restart/reboot.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p><p></p><p>p.s. I'm running OS 10.6.8.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1422299, member: 56379"] So how long are we talking?...just a guestimate is ok. Let me give you my example. I have a 17" MacBook Pro with 4 gig of ram...and I restart it at least 2x/week. My swap file size & page-outs just get too high, things slow down too much, and I sometimes get frequent "beach-balls". Right now my: - page-outs are at 646.1 megabytes - swap file size is 1.33 gigabyte - free ram (the green wedge) is only 14.1 megabytes (barely see any "green" on the Activity Monitor pie chart) With more ram...you don't need to restart as often. For example...with a Mac Pro that I used to have (with 12gig of ram)...I hardly ever had to restart/reboot. - Nick p.s. I'm running OS 10.6.8. [/QUOTE]
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