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Programs Stay Open, Even After You X Them Out?
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<blockquote data-quote="Thud" data-source="post: 90711"><p>I just don't like the idea of applications running and using up memory when they're not being used.... so I always quit an app completely on my mac after I'm done with it.</p><p></p><p>Firefox in particular has a memory leak and it'll use up more and more memory over time just by sitting there.</p><p></p><p>Since the apps don't require much if any CPU time when they are in the background/minimized, the system will still run pretty quick as long as there's still enough free memory available to other programs.</p><p></p><p>This holds true for both OSX and Windows... there's really no difference in the "efficiency" between those two OS's when it comes to having idle applications in the background. The only thing that matters is the memory footprint of the apps that you have open.</p><p></p><p>If you leave apps open like that on a base mac with 256MB, it will absolutely KILL your system performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thud, post: 90711"] I just don't like the idea of applications running and using up memory when they're not being used.... so I always quit an app completely on my mac after I'm done with it. Firefox in particular has a memory leak and it'll use up more and more memory over time just by sitting there. Since the apps don't require much if any CPU time when they are in the background/minimized, the system will still run pretty quick as long as there's still enough free memory available to other programs. This holds true for both OSX and Windows... there's really no difference in the "efficiency" between those two OS's when it comes to having idle applications in the background. The only thing that matters is the memory footprint of the apps that you have open. If you leave apps open like that on a base mac with 256MB, it will absolutely KILL your system performance. [/QUOTE]
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