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speeding up a ibook 700
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my ibook seems slower than my B&W G3 (overclock'd to 400mhz) the G3 has 256mb of ram and a 7200rpm HD. the ibook has 128mb of ram. I went into powersaver in the preferences and made sure that it is set to have maximum processor power when plugged into the electrical outlet. it just seems slow... will the system automatically switch from full processor power while plugged in and then back to economy when on battery? i didnt see anything that would make me believe it has to be done manually. I know OSX LOVES RAM. but will it make that much of a difference? oh, and both machines are on a dial up 56k modem
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Originally posted by suprz:
the ibook has 128mb of ram....I know OSX LOVES RAM. but will it make that much of a difference? oh, and both machines are on a dial up 56k modem
All I can say is RAM that sucker full of RAM! The more the merrier, and yes it will make a huge difference. I added a 256MB stick right off the bat so I now have 384MB and I still plan to jump up to the full 640MB soon.
--Chris
iBook 700 (16 VRAM) OS X.2.5
PM 7500/200 OS 9.1
PM 4400/200 OS 8.6, NetBSD
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How can somebody with 1,200 some odd posts at a Mac message board have 128MBs of RAM in an OS X machine?
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I just tried my iBook with 348Mb ram and to be honest the improvement wasn't that good. I wonder how much I could sell a 700 iBook for, £750?
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
How can somebody with 1,200 some odd posts at a Mac message board have 128MBs of RAM in an OS X machine?
because i just bought it and that's what it came with, and i'm too poor right now to come up with the $$ for a 512mb memory stick
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"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds"...Albert Einstein
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my mac running osX with 128mb ram is slow.. DUHH! I think we've been over this at least once before!
Who said anything about a 512mb stick? Get a 256, they're much cheeper.
And YES your freeken ibook is slow because it only has 128mb of freeken ram!
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Powermac Sawtooth w/ 1.3ghz overclocked GigaDesigns 1ghz cpu
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More ram man, I'd save up for a 512mb stick if I were you those small 256mb incremental sticks are a waste of time. When you upgrade to 512mb after the 256mb stick you have a 256mb stick kicking around that you have to sell.
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I'd strongly suggest trying an app like Xupport. It can optimize all sorts of settings and, in my experience, makes a significant diff.
SOX 4 is also a good "all in one" utility.
These both worked well on my iBook 700, but I also had maxed out the RAM.
IMHO, "Optimization" and regular maintenance in OS X is a "must do" to keep the machines running fast.
In the absence of something more complete like those solutions mentioned above, renicer can help to prioritize front-most apps and make the machine seem more responsive.
HTH.
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