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CreativeSurfer · Mar 13, 2004, 08:56 PM

Hi All,

I have an iMac 17" G4 800 Mhz with 512MB Ram (purchased in 9/2002). I've been thinking of upgrading to 768MB (I have two 256 chips, so would need to buy a 512). I was wondering if I would notice much of a difference with some programs for example, Dreamweaver MX 2204, SPSS (statistical analysis software) or even notice a difference at all since its just a modest increase in Ram.

Thanks for your help!

Krusty · Mar 13, 2004, 09:12 PM

Pretty easy to tell. If you are running 10.3, open Activity Monitor and click on the System Memory button (If you are on 10.2 or less, open terminal and type "Top"). Look for a section that shows the number of page-ins and page-outs. If you have a large number of pageouts, you're system will benefit from increasing the RAM. If not (or if you have zero pageouts), then going from 512 to 768 will not increase your system performance. Try checking it when you have Dreamweaver + lots of other apps open. You can visibly see the pageouts changing if you don't have enough memory to handle everything at once.

CreativeSurfer · Mar 13, 2004, 11:39 PM

Cool, Thanks!

I am running 10.3, so will have to check that out.