The History of Virtual Memory on the iPad

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Not every M1 iPad Pro has 16 gigs of RAM. Virtual memory just means that the addresses that your program is using are not addresses in RAM. Every process gives its own gigantic virtual address space of a given size. The big beefy iPads do support swap. But I feel like, you know, okay, virtual memory has been supported since like the 386.

Pre-show:
- 🗣️ New Member’s Special posted 🗣️
- A New Yorker’s View of the United States
Follow-up:
- The Kobo FU continues
  - The Libra 2 does have support, kinda (via Stefano Costatini)
  - Install NickelMenu
  - Add the Dropbox menu item
    - Libra 2
    - Other Kobos
- Multiple Displays on M1/M2 Macs
  - Matthaus Woolard points out there are only 2 display controllers
  - Hector Marcan has now-deleted tweets covering this (via Richard Stephens)
  - Edward Munn (among others) clues us into a DisplayLink-based workaround
  - Wavlink USB 3.0 ↔ HDMI Adapter (via Steve McWee)
  - Lior Shakedd summarizes the drawbacks
- The woes of the iBook G4 (via Ryan Maxwell)
  - Screen Spanning Doctor
  - Compatibility List
- Final Cut Pro on iPad
  - Some M1 Pros had 16GB RAM and virtual memory (via Chris)
  - Final Cut Pro handles project files in ∞ ways (via Brendan)
- Dell UltraSharp 32” 6K Monitor is $3,200
  - Resolutions
    - XDR = 6016 × 3384
    - Dell = 6144 × 3456
    - Dell has an 8K version available
    - Dell offers a variety of sizes
  - HDR600 only
WWDC Vibe Check 🧘🏻‍♂️
- Avoiding Copland 2010
- You Ruined Everything
Big watchOS upgrades coming?
Post-show: How should Casey price Callsheet?