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Re: Do I need more RAM?

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In article <mqu8nk$9se$1@news.datemas.de>, Alan Baker
<email@domain.com> wrote:

> On 2015-08-18 02:44:38 +0000, Michelle Steiner said:
> 
> > I have 8 GB in the iMac now, and with my normal set of open apps, I
> > have 6.38 GB memory used, 1.3 GB cached files, 1.34 GB swap use, 3.93
> > GB app memory, 1.27 GB wired memory, and 1.19 GB compressed.
> > 
> > Yes, more memory is (almost?) always a good thing, but do I really need
> > it now?
> 
> Start up Terminal.
> 
> Type "top" and hit return.
> 
> You'll see a lot of data, but the one to monitor is "swapouts".
> 
> If swapouts isn't growing, then your machine isn't actually forced to 
> swap data out of memory in order to make room for other data.

VM: 811G vsize, 465M framework vsize, 608060(0) swapins, 947994(0)
swapouts.

Nothing is changing on that line.  I let it sit for a few minutes, and
nothing changed.

> In short, you don't need more RAM.

I guess that I don't.

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Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-17 19:44 -0700
  Re: Do I need more RAM? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-17 20:27 -0700
    Re: Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-17 20:33 -0700
      Re: Do I need more RAM? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-18 00:42 -0400
        Re: Do I need more RAM? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-18 07:51 -0700
        Re: Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-18 08:33 -0700
          Re: Do I need more RAM? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-18 09:00 -0700
            Re: Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-18 09:23 -0700
          Re: Do I need more RAM? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-18 12:11 -0400
          Re: Do I need more RAM? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-19 13:25 +0000
  Re: Do I need more RAM? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-08-17 20:30 -0700
  Re: Do I need more RAM? gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2015-08-17 20:31 -0700
  Re: Do I need more RAM? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-18 15:28 +0000
  Re: Do I need more RAM? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-08-18 13:57 -0400
    Re: Do I need more RAM? Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-18 11:21 -0700
      Re: Do I need more RAM? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-08-18 14:40 -0400
        Re: Do I need more RAM? Alan Baker <email@domain.com> - 2015-08-18 11:42 -0700
          Re: Do I need more RAM? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-19 16:30 +0000
            Re: Do I need more RAM? awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-08-20 14:40 -0700
              Re: Do I need more RAM? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-21 00:55 +0000
  Re: Do I need more RAM? awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-08-20 14:33 -0700

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