Texas Mac Man wrote:
How much RAM do you have in your iMac? If you have a limited amount, the OS uses hard drive space as Virtual Memory. On my G4, when I upgraded the RAM to 1GB, VM is no longer being used. I would guess that most Macs with 1GB or more RAM do not normally use VM. The Mac OS is not as RAM intensive as Windows OS.
Cheers, Tom 😉
I'm planning on using this iMac with Vmware Fusion; my bottom line is to be able to use NaturallySpeaking on the iMac. I rely upon NaturallySpeaking very heavily on a day-to-day basis (as a result of carpal tunnel syndrome).
This particular iMac currently has 4 GB of RAM (it's maximum). I want to be able to run Windows Vista Home Premium64-bit within Fusion. The particular version of NaturallySpeaking that I'm presently utilizing at work (on a PC) operates much, much better within the 64-bit OS than the 32-bit.
So, knowing about the ReadyBoost feature on the PC side, I was just wondering if there was any such thing on the Mac OS side.
By the way, I have posted a number of questions regarding ReadyBoost and Fusion on Vmware's Support site, but nobody ever response to my questions. I know that there is a 30 day trial download of Fusion; I'm just waiting to save a few dollars to purchase Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition.
Thanks for everyone's input!
