site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com What do you intend to do with the number when you have it? It is a meaningless number. There are rarely hard values like "there is 45 MB of free RAM." -pmb _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Darwin-kernel mailing list (Darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/darwin-kernel/site_archiver%40lists.a... At 2:28 PM -0500 5/31/05, Tony Scaminaci wrote: The following calculation of free memory (in bytes) Some amount larger than the "unused" RAM can usually be used without performance degradation. Some amount larger than the "phsyical" RAM can be usually used with a slight performance impact. This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com