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Advice on 15' PB
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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will the 512 ram be enough? running half a dozen apps constantly, including IPhoto & Dreamweaver. whaddya think?
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Join Date: Jun 2003
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No way. Upgrade as soon as possible! I used my PB17 for two months with 512MB. Beachballs at every occasion.
Now-with 1GB they are gone forever! 
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Do you just have 2 512's in there or a 1gig stick?
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If you haven't ordered yet, there is an option to order just one single 512 chip. Then you either get 3rd party 512 chip or wait until the 1 GB chip comes down a bit in price.
This unfortunately transforms your order into a BTO order, which can take longer and won't be returnable. Tradeoff.
Anyway, you might wanna do the math, comparing 3rd party RAM to a BTO order. Also, waiting till Panther comes out will save you $129, and Apple has said it'll be out before the end of the year. Maybe they'll have the latch straightened out by then.
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Join Date: May 2001
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Originally posted by amazing:
If you haven't ordered yet, there is an option to order just one single 512 chip. Then you either get 3rd party 512 chip or wait until the 1 GB chip comes down a bit in price.
This unfortunately transforms your order into a BTO order, which can take longer and won't be returnable. Tradeoff.
Anyway, you might wanna do the math, comparing 3rd party RAM to a BTO order. Also, waiting till Panther comes out will save you $129, and Apple has said it'll be out before the end of the year. Maybe they'll have the latch straightened out by then.
Changing the 2 256 chips to a single 512 costs $100 from Apple (plus sales tax). http://www.dealram.com/ has 512 chips for the PowerBook for $96 delivered.
$196 plus tax and BTO hassle or $192 delivered with no BTO trouble.
(This is all assuming that the 15 foot PowerBook uses the same memory as the 15" model.)
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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(This is all assuming that the 15 foot PowerBook uses the same memory as the 15" model.) [/B]
Your'e funnnnnyyy!
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Oakland, CA
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Originally posted by henrykrinkle:
will the 512 ram be enough? running half a dozen apps constantly, including IPhoto & Dreamweaver. whaddya think?
iPhoto is pretty memory intensive. I am not sure about Dreamweaver since I don't use it.
But you could go under Application/Utilities/Process Viewer.
Under Process Viewer you could see how much RAM you are using. There is a command in Terminal too that you could check out how many page outs you are getting.
If I were you, I would definitely see how much ram I am using before I go out and buy some. (Unless of course you just got money to throw around.)
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