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To: Stock Puppy who wrote (92302)	2/18/2010 7:01:25 PM
From: Doren	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

Turns out the data collection is suspect, for one thing. You mean garbage collection? If I were a Windows user I would suspect they were collecting data on my habits. Not that I would mind. I'm sure it would be a Genuine Advantage and they would ONLY use the data to improve their operating system enough to make sure I didn't do anything I shouldn't be doing.

To: Stock Puppy who wrote (92302)	2/19/2010 2:29:17 AM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 213173

>>You mean garbage collection? << No, I meant the data collection of the company that reported that a large percentage of Win 7 machines they were monitoring were using 90 to 95% of their physical RAM. The blog post I read said that the data itself was suspect. I'm sorry, but I'm too lazy to look up the link right now. Oh, wait. No, I'm not. It was open in another tab already. blogs.zdnet.com That particular blogger can be a twit, but I think he's right about this issue. It is indeed interesting how OS X (especially Snow Leopard) uses physical RAM, virtual memory, and swap space. I notice that on my system, with only a few apps running, Activity Monitor reports 160 gigabytes of virtual memory are allocated. However, no disk swapping has yet occurred since I booted this morning. I run with the 64-bit kernel and extensions enabled, FYI.