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ibook g4 and tiger and ram issues
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2005
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I just ordered an ibook g4 800 256 mb ram w/ combo drive (gotta love refurbs for $649). Is this enough ram for tiger? If not should I upgrade to 640 or 384, I am pretty broke right now and hope 256 will do the job. Thanks in advance.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Apr 2003
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If you can starve for like 1 week and get an additional 256 you would be fine (512 total).. if you push it to the next level of starving for 2-3 weeks get the 512 chip and enjoy your iBook much better performance.
I would definetly skip the 384 level of ram...been there and there isn't any noticeable performance difference between 256 and 384. Go for 512 or 768.
regards
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Wait and get the 512 stick once you can afford it.
It helps especially if yo want to do RAM intensive apps or run many apps at a time.
For fast user switching, you DEFINITELY would need the 512.
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Join Date: May 2001
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256/384Mb is not enough. Get a 512Mb stick to upgrade to 640.
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I believe he's got 256 base.. so a 512 would get him to a 768 total.
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I would say 768 is enough ram, but then again my Ibook 12" 1.2ghz 768mb has a lot of beachballs popping up.
I've got a 1g stick in the post and am hoping it will improve.
Judging from my experience so far, i'd say put as much in as possible.
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Join Date: May 2001
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Originally Posted by polendo
I believe he's got 256 base.. so a 512 would get him to a 768 total.
No. The iBook G4 800 has 128 +128, so you lose 128 if you upgrade the memory. 128 + 512 = 640.
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Join Date: May 2004
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My iBook 1.07ghz is too underpowered with 512mb total. I find that Quicktime 7 (in Panther) is really sluggish. For instance if I'm watching a 700mb AVI file and try and skip to a different spot in the film there is quite a delay (spinning beach balls) and it takes a moment for the video and sound the synch up and get up to speed, and it drops a few frames for the first few seconds of play.
I guess I'll have to save up for a 1gb chip.
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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I have a 12" G4 1.2 with 256 of ram and since upgrading to tiger im having serious performance issues. the spinning disk is always coming up on safari and mail so ive opted for a ram upgrade. I think apple stating a min 256 ram should be changed
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
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omg , installed my 1GB of ram this morning and what a difference . Would highly recommend to anyone!!!!
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