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<blockquote data-quote="dtownley1" data-source="post: 401143" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>no, as far as I know, it shouldn't. Go ahead and put whatever you like in the dock. I've been told that OS X 'juggles' RAM between the open apps, so it will automatically asign more RAM to the currently used app, and then use some of that RAM for another app when you switch to another one. Not sure if this is true or not, but it makes sense to me, and seems to be an effective way for an OS to manage RAM. Since you have 2 gigs of ram, I think that's plenty to run all sorts of apps anyway, so go nuts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Also, there's no real need to use three question marks for each question. One is sufficient <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtownley1, post: 401143, member: 20564"] no, as far as I know, it shouldn't. Go ahead and put whatever you like in the dock. I've been told that OS X 'juggles' RAM between the open apps, so it will automatically asign more RAM to the currently used app, and then use some of that RAM for another app when you switch to another one. Not sure if this is true or not, but it makes sense to me, and seems to be an effective way for an OS to manage RAM. Since you have 2 gigs of ram, I think that's plenty to run all sorts of apps anyway, so go nuts :D Also, there's no real need to use three question marks for each question. One is sufficient :P [/QUOTE]
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