HD vs SSD

[KimmoK]

btw. AOS3.x machines have had better SWAP/virtual memory than windows ever. AOS4 virtual memory almost look like an attempt to emulate windows broken version of virtual memory/SWAP.

Linux seem to have the best virtual memory and disk caching system, not that I would like to see it on Amiga either.

With modern HW you can have enough RAM anyway. Amiga virtual memory is needed only for classic Amigas and for SAM440ep-mini.

btw. I wonder if win8 can be without SWAP/virtual memory file? Finally? Or does it still generate and use the swap file anyway??

[Duce]

Win8 builds its own swapfile/pagefile just like the previous versions.  Can be disabled, of course.

[Yasu]

A SWAP file is a section of a hard disk set aside to function as virtual RAM memory, should you run out of the actual physical random access memory - the system hits the hard disk.

Ah, I remember it when it was called virtual memory. Make sense what you write even though I think 2 gigs of RAM should not be drained when using an Amiga anytime soon