On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:05:03 +1100, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:

>kony <spam@spam.com> wrote
>> Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote
>
>>> AND I have proven that its just plain pig ignorant drivel with
>>> the last ram upgrade. The system uses the swap file MUCH
>>> less it did with the smaller amount of physical ram, as it should.
>
>> Yes, you concede "MUCH less" is a good thing, but
>> then stumble on the concept that NONE is even better
>
>Not if what use of the page file is done in the background.

.... so all we need now is an icon the user can click that
tell's the system "ok, I'm done doing anything important so
OS, you're now free to piddle away with unnecessary paging".


>Doing without a page file risks the system going flat on its
>face when something does something stupid like request a
>lot more physical ram than you have, and some apps do that.

If you were paying attention you'd have recognized that
disabling the pagefile requires the slightest bit of
attention to whether you have enough physical memory that
you don't have "some apps do that", it's not suggestion
someone should randomly follow, they have to know their
particular use won't allocate more than they have. If you
don't know that, don't do it... it's just that simple.