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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Improved memory management? (10.11)
Date: 11 Oct 2015 21:47:35 GMT
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On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015-10-11 17:01, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2015-10-11 16:21, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>> On 2015-10-11 15:51, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>>>> On 2015-10-11, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2. As I've mentioned in the past I've operated OS X with both swap and
>>>>>>> compression disabled to no ill effect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What effects were there?
>>>>>
>>>>> The system worked fine, which is an acceptable effect.
>>>>
>>>> Was the system working fine before you disabled swap and compression?
>>>
>>> Yep.
>>
>> I was under the impression there was a measurable improvement.
>
> There's an observable improvement: no swaps occur.

No, that's an effect with no apparent improvement in processing speed or
efficiency.

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