[matty-uk]

Hi all,

Until recently I have been looking at an ibook for my mac needs however with the recent improvements i am now leaning heavily towards a powerbook, so my question is (i know ram is important) but how will panther perform with only 256M of RAM? This won't be for an extended time frame, just untill i can afford to upgrade the ram? I can't do this at purchase

Many thanks,

Matt

[happyware]

256MB will run many programs fine. My wife actually did quite a bit of photoshop and illustrator design work on a 1.0Ghz 15" Alum with 256MB for a while unti l igot her 1.0Gb of memory.

Yes the difference was noticable (very noticable). But it's a good stepping stone until you can afford better ram.

PS maybe consider ordering from Expercom who gives free 256MB or 512MB without rebate hassels.

[mike one]

Originally posted by matty-uk:
Hi all,

Until recently I have been looking at an ibook for my mac needs however with the recent improvements i am now leaning heavily towards a powerbook, so my question is (i know ram is important) but how will panther perform with only 256M of RAM? This won't be for an extended time frame, just untill i can afford to upgrade the ram? I can't do this at purchase

Many thanks,

Matt

we have a 12" 1GHz pbook here in lab with only 256MB of ram and it runs fine. powerpoint, word, database searching, chemdraw, etc...

[Tomster]

For most applications, 256 will function. If you are writing papers, surfing, messaging, e mailing, and doing light photoshop, you can get by for the time being. If you load in a ram hungry program, like iPhoto with 5000 5M pixel photos, your computer will grind to a crawl. Right now, a 512M stick is about $100.

And on a complete tangent, mike one, your sig is upside down.

[NYCFarmboy]

Panther runs just fine on my 300 mhz g3 orange clamshell ibook with 186 megs of ram.

Just use it for internet/email/word processing, but usually am running about 5 applications at once on it, just fine.

[rag on a muffin]

i did halo with my old ibook g4, and it worked just fine with the default amount of ram.

PS wheres the best place to buy a gig ram module for a powerbook??

[Stonie]

Originally posted by rag on a muffin:
i did halo with my old ibook g4, and it worked just fine with the default amount of ram.

PS wheres the best place to buy a gig ram module for a powerbook??

Most of my friends have had good experience with OWC (MacSales) and thats where I plan to get mine from in a few weeks when I can afford it.

[aehaas]

Old saying "you can never have enough RAM". There is a reason for this.

aehaas

[Tomster]

Originally posted by aehaas:
Old saying "you can never have enough RAM". There is a reason for this.

aehaas

...or at least any more than 640k!

[mike one]

Originally posted by Tomster:


And on a complete tangent, mike one, your sig is upside down.

those are my teeth, i'll put em up on the web however i like em.

*jokes mike 1*