Page file size on machines with large amounts of memory

There is a rule of thumb that page file size (and swap space partition) should be 1.5 times the physical memory of the machine. Now that we have 64 bit machines with 16-64GB of memory this looks like an absurd.

• We do not want to reserve so much disk space
• It does not make sense to rely so heavily on disk 

I found two nice references in the internet regarding Linux and Windows

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-swap-space.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889654

So my new rule of thumb page file should not be more than 70% full

Paging File\\% Usage Peak _Total < 70%

iPad Performance

Just received my new iPad and I must say that I really amazed by its performance. Everything is so snappy kudos to apple. I do want to understand how they were able to create this experience on such a device.

Can someone arrange me a meeting with Steve?