[DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues

Kyley Harris Kyley at harrissoftware.com
Fri Apr 17 14:53:59 NZST 2009


I was watching a video on 2/3rds of the left monitor. Checking mail on the
other 3rd and doing delphi on the left monitor.. Very.. productive.

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Jeremy Coulter <jscoulter at gmail.com> wrote:

> sorry ..... did your "you've got mail" wave file wake you up?   hehehe
> :-D
>
> Jeremy
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Conor Boyd <Conor.Boyd at trimble.co.nz>wrote:
>
>>  Quite the opposite.
>>
>> We're all being so productive with our dual monitors that we've been too
>> busy to contribute any more. :-P
>>
>> C.
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
>> *On Behalf Of *Jeremy Coulter
>> *Sent:* Friday, 17 April 2009 2:25 p.m.
>> *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>> *Subject:* Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues
>>
>> its gone very quite all of a sudden....has everyone with dual monitors had
>> to go have a lie-down to rest their necks ?   :-D
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:07 PM, David Brennan <
>> dugdavid at dbsolutions.co.nz> wrote:
>>
>>> The 2 * 30 inch screens sounded too much to me too although obviously if
>>> it
>>> works for someone then go for it!
>>>
>>> With screens I find it is a bell curve, more is most definitely best, but
>>> only up to a point, then the extra space actually becomes distracting.
>>> With
>>> my 24" screen at work (screen #2, screen #1 is my laptop screen) I
>>> initially
>>> tried it vertical on the basis that I am writing/scrolling vertical lists
>>> of
>>> code but it was just huge... my eyes couldn't comfortably track up and
>>> down
>>> that large an angle. Left to right is less of an issue but even then get
>>> too
>>> many/too wide screens wrapped around and it just gets too hard to use the
>>> extreme left and rights.
>>>
>>> I haven't tried it but imagine 3 screens being the maximum I could use,
>>> one
>>> large one (eg 24" widescreen, probably no more) in centre, and two
>>> smaller
>>> ones (eg 19" 5x4 ratio) either side.
>>>
>>> My 2c.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]
>>> On
>>>  Behalf Of Alister Christie
>>> Sent: Friday, 17 April 2009 11:24 a.m.
>>> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>>> Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues
>>>
>>> I think with 2 30 inch screens you'd get neck strain.  I've heard of
>>> people having a 30 inch screen and two smaller screens rotated either
>>> side (so that their width matches the height of the big screen) - which
>>> means that you don't have a gap directly in front of you.
>>>
>>> I have a 26 inch screen at home and this was as large as I could justify
>>> to myself for the price.  It has a 21 inch CRT beside it, but I haven't
>>> felt the need to use it for awhile (not doing much coding on that
>>> computer lately)
>>>
>>> Alister Christie
>>> Computers for People
>>> Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
>>> http://www.salespartner.co.nz
>>> PO Box 13085
>>> Johnsonville
>>> Wellington
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Leigh Wanstead wrote:
>>> > If money is not an issue, I think two 30 inch lcd monitors is the way
>>> > to go ;-)
>>> >
>>> > I only got one at home to look at my photos. It is amazing. I used a
>>> > spyder to adjusted the color. I am programming c at home using gcc
>>> > which is great to look at everything on that 30inch lcd monitor.
>>> >
>>> > Have a nice day
>>> >
>>> > Regards
>>> > Leigh
>>> >
>>> >     -----Original Message-----
>>> >     *From:* delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >     [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz]*On Behalf Of *Kyley Harris
>>> >     *Sent:* Friday, 17 April 2009 9:55 a.m.
>>> >     *To:* NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>>> >     *Subject:* Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues
>>> >
>>> >     id never work on that little thing.. dvd player.. I have a Quad
>>> >     Core with 2 22" montiors running 1600x1050
>>> >
>>> >     On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Alister Christie
>>> >     <alister at salespartner.co.nz <mailto:alister at salespartner.co.nz>>
>>> >     wrote:
>>> >
>>> >         except you'd go blind if you had to do any real dev work on
>>> >         because of
>>> >         the small screen.  I now plug an external 24 inch screen into
>>> >         my laptop
>>> >         for a similar reason (fewer headaches).  The laptop does have
>>> >         a 17 inch
>>> >         screen but at 1920x1200 things are a bit small.  I remember
>>> >         when I was
>>> >         first programming in Delphi on a 14 (maybe it was 15) inch
>>> >         monitor - my
>>> >         how things have changed.
>>> >
>>> >         Alister Christie
>>> >         Computers for People
>>> >         Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
>>> >         http://www.salespartner.co.nz
>>> >         PO Box 13085
>>> >         Johnsonville
>>> >         Wellington
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >         Kyley Harris wrote:
>>> >         > I have one of those $500 Asus EEE computers that runs
>>> >         windows XP on
>>> >         > 256MB of ram, and a 4GB SSD.. takes 25seconds to boot up..
>>> >         way faster
>>> >         > than any other laptop.. still has 120mb free ram and 1gb of
>>> disk
>>> >         > space.. I plug a USB hdd into it and its great. battery life
>>> >         is awesome
>>> >         >
>>> >         > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Stefan Mueller
>>> >         > <muellers at orcl-toolbox.com
>>> >         <mailto:muellers at orcl-toolbox.com>
>>> >         <mailto:muellers at orcl-toolbox.com
>>> >         <mailto:muellers at orcl-toolbox.com>>> wrote:
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     I am also keeping my eyes open for SSD .. those drives
>>> >         should be
>>> >         >     able to
>>> >         >     improve compile speeds drastically ... they have close to
>>> no
>>> >         >     seek-times and
>>> >         >     manage to read thousands of small files at high speed.
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     I probably go with one of the PCIe cards coming out soon
>>> >         (like OCZ
>>> >         >     Z-Drive,
>>> >         >     or PhotoFast Monster) if the price is ok. PCIe cards
>>> >         have the
>>> >         >     advantage that
>>> >         >     they get over the 300MBps (theoretical) limit that
>>> >         SATA-II has.
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     The OCZ Vertex-II drive also looks promising:
>>> >         >
>>> >
>>>
>>> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&task
>>> >
>>> <
>>> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas
>>> k>
>>> >         >     =view
>>> >         >
>>> >
>>> <
>>> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas
>>> k%0A=view<http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas%0Ak%0A=view>
>>> >
>>> <
>>> http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas
>>> k%0A=view<http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?Itemid=67&id=11365&option=com_content&tas%0Ak%0A=view>
>>> >>
>>> >         >
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     Regards,
>>> >         >     Stefan
>>> >         >
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     -----Original Message-----
>>> >         >     From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>>> >         >     <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>
>>> >         >     [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>>> >         >     <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>] On
>>> >         >     Behalf Of Ross Levis
>>> >         >     Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:56
>>> >         >     To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
>>> >         >     Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] memory issues
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     I'm looking forward to larger cheaper solid state drives
>>> >         which
>>> >         >     last up to
>>> >         >     100 years, replacing hard drives which fail every few
>>> >         years.  10+
>>> >         >     times
>>> >         >     faster than a hard drive.  I've heard a PC with one of
>>> these
>>> >         >     drives can boot
>>> >         >     Windows XP in 4 seconds.
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     Prices will get below US$2 per GB this year.  It's still
>>> >         out of my
>>> >         >     price
>>> >         >     range, but I'm considering upgrading my laptop's hard
>>> >         drive to a 240GB
>>> >         >     SanDisk drive later this year.
>>> >         >     http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=8040
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     Ross.
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     -----Original Message-----
>>> >         >     From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>>> >         >     <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>
>>> >         >     [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>>> >         >     <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>] On
>>> >         >     Behalf Of Richard Bullin
>>> >         >     Sent: Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:15 p.m.
>>> >         >     To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>>> >         >     Subject: Re: [DUG] BDS.exe memory issues
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     I'm not really sure if 300mb classifies Delphi as a
>>> >         memory hog if you
>>> >         >     look at getting one of the below computers with 192GB of
>>> >         ram, I
>>> >         >     foresee
>>> >         >     a surge in lazy programmers :)
>>> >         >
>>> >         >
>>> >
>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
>>> >
>>> <
>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
>>> >
>>> >         >     articleId=9130538
>>> >         >
>>> >
>>> <
>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&%0A
>>> articleId=9130538<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&%0A%0AarticleId=9130538>
>>> >
>>> <
>>> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&%0A
>>>   articleId=9130538>>
>>> >         >
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     Richard
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     -----Original Message-----
>>> >         >     From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>>> >         >     <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>
>>> >         >     [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>
>>> >         >     <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz
>>> >         <mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz>>]
>>> >         >     On Behalf Of Alister Christie
>>> >         >     Sent: Thursday, 16 April 2009 12:01 p.m.
>>> >         >     To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>>> >         >     Subject: Re: [DUG] BDS.exe memory issues
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     Currently I'm on 254MB.
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     Close Delphi - 0MB
>>> >         >     Open Delphi - 11MB
>>> >         >     Open Project - 71MB
>>> >         >     Compile - 154MB (peaking at around 170MB)
>>> >         >     Open a Project with modeling support - 215MB
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     And the numbers just keep going up from there the more
>>> >         you do.
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     I think it's fair to say that it is a bit of a memory
>>> >         hog.  Although I
>>> >         >     have 6 chrome processes running currently eating up a
>>> >         total of 155MB.
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     I guess we could turn this into a discussion of who is
>>> >         running the
>>> >         >     most
>>> >         >     memory hungry App and/or instance of Delphi currently?
>>> >         >     (Currently Jeremy leads at 307MB)
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     Alister Christie
>>> >         >     Computers for People
>>> >         >     Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
>>> >         >     http://www.salespartner.co.nz
>>> >         >     PO Box 13085
>>> >         >     Johnsonville
>>> >         >     Wellington
>>> >         >
>>> >         >
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     Jeremy Coulter wrote:
>>> >         >     > Does anyone else get issues with BDS.exe (delphi 2007)
>>> >         using a
>>> >         >     HEAP of
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     > memory?
>>> >         >     > at the moment its sitting on 307mb of mem usage !
>>> >         >     >
>>> >         >     > Admittedly my current machine only has 2GB (new
>>> >         machine has been
>>> >         >     > ordered....YAY) but seriously, thats HEAPS.
>>> >         >     > In saying that, I notic that FireFox is sitting on
>>> >         131mb too.
>>> >         >     >
>>> >         >     > just wondered if this is a common issue, and if there
>>> is a
>>> >         >     solution to
>>> >         >
>>> >         >     > it or not.
>>> >         >     >
>>> >         >     >
>>> >         >     > Jeremy
>>> >         >     >
>>> >         >     >
>>> >         >
>>> >
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>>> >         > --
>>> >         > Kyley Harris
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