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Hello Everyone,
I have a brand new 12" Al Powerbook. It has the (of course) 256 megs of ddr on the board, and another 512 megs of ddr in the slot. Right now, on average, I have about 400-580 megs of ram free (i use a ram monitor).
I figure, when I get the money... *why not* upgrade it to the full 1.25 GBS of DDR Ram... but the question is, with my use of it, will it make any difference?
Meaning... with around 400, sometimes more, megs of ram free... will there be ANY speed boost to have a 1gb ddr in the slot versus a 512?
Thanks,
Dylan I.
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Originally posted by Tenacious Dyl:
Meaning... with around 400, sometimes more, megs of ram free... will there be ANY speed boost to have a 1gb ddr in the slot versus a 512?
Thanks,
Dylan I.
It depends on usage. If you have only Mail and a browser window open, you would not see any difference between 256 MB and 1.25 GB RAM. But if you are running many programs together at the same time, especially memory-hungry ones, then the improvement would be substantial, due to minimization of disk activity. I would say that for an average user, 768 MB are enough.
EDIT: one more thing. If you have constantly big amounts of RAM free, then you use the machine rather lightly (not many programs at once and/or not memory-intensive programs). In that case you don't need more RAM, that is, more RAM wouldn't make any difference.
(Last edited by Pierre B.; Jan 28, 2004 at 08:18 AM.
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
It depends on usage. If you have only Mail and a browser window open, you would not see any difference between 256 MB and 1.25 GB RAM. But if you are running many programs together at the same time, especially memory-hangry ones, then the improvement would be substantial, due to minimization of disk activity. I would say that for an average user, 768 MB are enough.
I think for most the average user 512 is more than enough. Obviously the more RAM you can get/afford the better.
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Originally posted by Pierre B.:
I would say that for an average user, 768 MB are enough.
OK, more than enough.
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the more ram is always the better. Ram is a lot of money though... If it works for you know, keep it that way and wait 6 months for the Ram prices to come down and the upgrade will help your computer run all the newer programs.
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hrmm thanks guys. I wouldn't say that I am a light user however. My processor (1ghz g4) is almost always maxed out when I work or play online. I just don't use up all the ram at once.
I fully realize that I have open ram *all the time* and that by adding more ram, I would still have open ram *all the time* I wondered if for some reason or another that by having a 1gb ddr in the slot instead of 512 would spead anything up. Perhaps would using 256 megs of ram be faster on one chip than the other?
Thanks!
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