It would be great for a dedicated swap volume. 8GB of super fast Swap on top of 8 GB of active memory, should be able to handle what you're working on at a given time.
RAM is still very expensive compared to HD space (per GB).
I can see someone creating a computer that uses RAM instead of a HD for primary functions, but as long as OSes keep bloa…
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It would be great for a dedicated swap volume. 8GB of super fast Swap on top of 8 GB of active memory, should be able to handle what you're …
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RAM is still very expensive compared to HD space (per GB).
I can see someone creating a computer that uses RAM instead of a HD for primary fu…
i'm thinking the intel laptops, probably not the first rev, but certainly by the 3rd will have 20 - 40gb flash HDs... nanostyle. i don't know about this ramdrive though. ram is c…
Sigh, I can remember when I could boot off a RAM disk. I had to pare down the system a bit, but did it ever fly.
Flash is making strides, but it can never replace our current magn…
Hi there. I got Sims 2 finally and was very excited.. until I saw how unplayably awful its performace is. I have a G4 Powermac MDD Dual 1.42GHz w/2GB Memory. I was wondering if upg…
Your video card makes a HUGE difference in the performace of the Sims 2. ATi just released a new card that works on both the PC and Mac - the ATi 9600 PC & Mac edition, I belie…
Thanks. I am about to get the Ati 9600 for $199, but now I have a new question. I have the older, clear (ADC I think) Display. The 17" LCD Apple Monitor. Will this card work with i…
Bit of a side question, is there a possiblity to get a better mobile video card for my iBook G4? Maybe I could order it through a Apple store... just wondering... thanks.
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Bit of a side question, is there a possiblity to get a better mobile video card for my iBook G4? Maybe I could order it through a Apple store…
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Thanks. I am about to get the Ati 9600 for $199, but now I have a new question. I have the older, clear (ADC I think) Display. The 17" LCD A…
Rosetta@Home is another Life Sciences project similar to Predictor, but taking a different approach to Protein Prediction. The software has been around for a few years and has had…
David Baker, the lead scientist for Rosetta@Home posted the following in their forum.
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All of your help is doing wonders for our research! We will be posting the …
A small handlful of individuals have joined me on Rosetta. Currently the Team is #7 in Recent Average Credit and still climbing and #7 overall out of 169 active teams. We'll try…
Looks like we will have at least 10 credited members before too long. It would feel odd to arrange stats for a team-of-one, even with Shaktai's production.
If we hit 10 by this w…
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Looks like we will have at least 10 credited members before too long. It would feel odd to arrange stats for a team-of-one, even with Shakta…
Rosetta @ Home is officially out of BETA. The project is open to the public and appears to be stable. They have also upgraded to the latest version of BOINC 5.x. (and it was a v…