I have a friend ( A Mac lover) who claims Windows machines suffer from a memory problem in that ‘leaky’ progs failing to release memory after they close will lead to more and more memory being ‘used’ (but useless) until the point is reached where the machine can’t function.
Whereas, he says, a Mac can be up and running for months on end.
Why a Mac would be immune to this problem I don’t know. Presumably because of some software that reclaims useless, un-currently-owned, memory.
If such software exists why wouldn’t it exist on the PC, in windows XP?
I’ve googled around a lot and I can’t find a place that discusses this particular point.
Does anyone here have any knowledge on this?
regards,
ab 🙂
