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Why would you want to use virtual memory? I bet that laptop has a 5400 rpm hard drive - there is no way I want it to be swapping on and off of it at every oppor
by seabrookmx 13y ago
Why would you want to use virtual memory? I bet that laptop has a 5400 rpm hard drive - there is no way I want it to be swapping on and off of it at every opportunity. The OS would grind to a halt.
For most developers' usage, you'd be better off with a 32gb SSD than with the 320gb slow-as-hell spinner drive.
Not to mention a cheap 15.6" laptop gets terrible battery life. My $250 Chromebook gets 6.5-7hours, even when running Ubuntu via crouton.
- tacticus 13y agojust a quick question. With crouton you still get the large developer mode warning right? and it requires either a keystroke or a 30 second to pass correct? and do you have the arm one or another?
- seabrookmx 13y agoYeah you have to have your chromebook in dev mode, so you'll see the warning. You can press ctrl+d to skip it. I have the original Series 5 which has a dual core Atom.
- greggman 13y agoAll the standard macbooks that have HDs come with 5400rpm HDs. Apparently the majority of Silicon Valley has no problems getting work done on a 5400rpm HD. As for battery life I'd personally rather have a machine I can get real work done with shitty battery life than one with great battery life on which I can't get real work done. There's a huge list of things I can do on the machine with an HD, virtual memory, and a real OS that I can't do on the Chromebook. In fact Chrome will even run better on the machine with the HD as it won't kill off tabs when it gets low on memory. It also won't get low on memory as quick as it has twice the memory.