> Apple computers with HDDs do get unusably slow once they start swapping. So much so that it is usually impossible to terminate the memory-hungry application.

> Apple computers with HDDs do get unusably slow once they start swapping. So much so that it is usually impossible to terminate the memory-hungry application. I agree with the former but not the latter - avoiding swapping made a much bigger performance difference in OS X to Windows, but a swapping app never completely locked up. I have found, though, that an app using 100% CPU can lock up the system to the point where it's impossible to terminate.