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richard

2006-05-22, 6:15 pm

Can anyone tell me please.
If I allocate 75% of RAM to Photoshop I understand that I only have 25%
available to the rest of my PC. However, does this still apply when
Photoshop is not loaded up?
Thank you.

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richard
Mike Russell

2006-05-22, 6:15 pm

"richard" <richard@ttic.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:THkSvJE3OfcEFw5A@ttic.demon.co.uk...
> Can anyone tell me please.
> If I allocate 75% of RAM to Photoshop I understand that I only have 25%
> available to the rest of my PC.


For historical reasons, related to early Mac performance, the slider
controls the maximum amount of virtual memory used by Photoshop.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory

> However, does this still apply when Photoshop is not loaded up?


No - Photoshop has no effect on other programs when it is not running.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/


richard

2006-05-23, 6:18 pm

Many thanks Mike.
Richard

In message <JNmcg.20831$Lm5.5577@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com>, Mike
Russell <RE-MOVEmike@Curvemeister.comRE-MOVE> writes
>"richard" <richard@ttic.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:THkSvJE3OfcEFw5A@ttic.demon.co.uk...
>
>For historical reasons, related to early Mac performance, the slider
>controls the maximum amount of virtual memory used by Photoshop.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory
>
>
>No - Photoshop has no effect on other programs when it is not running.


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richard
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