From: John A (macnut1_at_gawab.com)
Date: Sat May 22 2004 - 20:08:25 PDT
On May 22, 2004, at 1:56 PM, Robert Benschop wrote:
> On 22-mei-04, at 20:47, Adam Short wrote:
>> Given that I don't use standard newton packages like Dates, Notes, the
>> calculator, etc. is it worth freezing them to gain performance, or
>> will
>> the difference be negligible?
>
> First, freezing doesn't increase the speed but gives you more heap,
> (like RAM in a desktop) only if you fill up your heap to the brim will
> the speed decrease, in a 2100 or an upgraded eMate you'll have to load
> a lot before you'll experience anything like that.
> Second, what do you use on your Newt if you don't use the above?
>
Maybe I'm wrong, but I always understood that freezing the built-in
apps didn't help anything because those apps were in ROM. Is that not
correct? Actually, I didn't think you could freeze those apps anyway.
JR
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