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Downloading and exporting a very large Map image using a Java-based viewing application. I'm also running Eudora, Safari, Firefox, and Adobe Photoshop CS. Most of my load problems seem to be largely due to the really sucky Virtual Memory implementation in Mac OS X. Someone mind telling me why on earth with 1.5GB RAM I'm using 4GB of VM just by logging in? Earlier today my VM usage was up over 10GB! I think the "beachball" can almost always, if not always, be blamed on something swapping in or out of memory. Having said that, I don't have much trouble running my G5 at 100% load on both CPU's. I have several very CPU intensive apps that I use that make very efficient use of the Dual Processors. Zane -- -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |