How much RAM does PawSense occupy when it is loaded? What about disk space and CPU time?
Except when playing a sound (when a cat is detected) PawSense occupies less than 120K (a fraction of a megabyte) of RAM. Even on a computer with only 256 megabytes of RAM, PawSense uses less than 1/2000th of that RAM. PawSense does not use any non-system DLLs such as MFC, VBRUN, etc. that cause some programs to take up too much memory. PawSense uses very little time as well: typically less than 1/1000th of the available CPU time. When your computer is busy PawSense somewhat reduces its CPU usage accordingly. An installation of PawSense takes up less than 4 megabytes (1/250 gigabyte) of hard drive space. While installing it may temporarily use as much as 8 megabytes (1/125 gigabyte) of hard drive space. Nowadays most people’s computers have tens or hundreds of gigabytes of hard drive space, so practically everyone has room for PawSense.
