Zeta
uses virtual memory, a scheme by which it lays down pieces of the
running applications on to your harddisk, so that you can devote
your actual RAM to the programs in front. VirtualMemory lets you
open more applications simultaneously than should fit into the amount
of RAM your computer has installed. But have in mind, that real
memory delivers information much, much faster then your harddisk.

The VirtualMemory window displays the amount of installed RAM (Physical
Memory:) and the amount of harddisk space allocated to virtual memory
(Current Swap File Size:). You can't change the physical memory
from Zeta, but you can change the virtual memory size - simply by
dragging the slider around to adjust it in 1 MB increasments. The
amount of virtual memory that you can request is based on the amount
of free space on your boot disk.
You have to reboot to make the changes in VirtualMemory take effect.
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