Re: Many Apps = System Slowdown?

In article <vikr->,
Vik Rubenfeld <> wrote:

> I often have about 30 apps running (plus widgets and various OS-X apps
> like mds and WindowServer). When first launched, the system runs
> smoothly. But I notice that a lot of apps use more and more virtual
> memory, the longer they run. It's not unusual for Activity Monitor to
> show apps like Firefox, Photoshop Bridge, NetNewswire, and others to
> eventually using 1 and even 2 gigabytes of virtual memory. When that
> happens to a few apps, switching between apps can slow my system down to
> a crawl. Quitting a few of the apps and relaunching them fixes it -
> system response gets snappy again.

Yep, that's about par for the course. Especially with apps like
Photoshop, which allocate and use memory voraciously.

> My question is... would adding ram fix this? (I currently have 2.25 gigs
> of ram, running on a dual 1.8ghz G5 with OS-X 10.4.9).

I have a quad-core MacPro system which I use for Photoshop, Illustrator,
GoLive, Flash, Director, and other memory-hungry apps. I often leave it,
and the apps, running for days at a time.

I noticed precisely the same thing you describe. Increasing the RAM in
that computer from 1GB to 5GB fixed the problem.

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