04-05-2007, 06:28 PM

Is it worth upgrading form 2 to 3 Gb Ram in my MBP?

I run parallels for windows now and then, but am running Vista (yuk) but it is a little slow. I give it a gig but am thinking if I beefed up my ram I can give it more and still use osx.. especially with cohesion

Also how do I upgrade? It came with 2Gb so do I need to get 1 2Gb stick and stick that in to total the three?

Last question, if it is worth it, any good UK sites to order from?

Thanks all, and Happy Easter Weekend!

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04-05-2007, 06:51 PM

Adding more RAM will always improve performance, but I don't know if you need it seeing as how you only run Parallels occasionally and haven't mentioned any other RAM-hungry applications such as Photoshop or FCP.

As for actually upgrading, you are correct, you get one 2GB stick and pair it with the 1GB stick you already have for a total of 3GB.

04-05-2007, 06:55 PM

Ok I should add that I frequently have photoshop, illustrastor, flash, safari, opera, firefox, etc etc etc open when I want to load up parallels.. and it would be useful to be able to leave it on for quick access to ie7

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04-05-2007, 07:39 PM

In that case, 3GB would suit you just perfectly :black:

04-06-2007, 02:06 PM

I'm getting an extra gig os RAM, hopefully today, to up mine to 2. I just started using parallels and allocated half my RAM to it, so when I run Parallels, the whole system runs very slow; like almost a minute to open up Word!

I wanted to go with 3Gb, but the price of 1 Gb stick vs. a 2 Gb stick was just too much for me. If you're running all of those heavy programs, you'll probably need 3. In fact, I don't see how you can get anything done with 1 !!!

04-07-2007, 04:58 AM

Originally Posted by fleurya

In fact, I don't see how you can get anything done with 1 !!!

That's why I have 2

Can anyone in UK recommend any sites to order from?

04-12-2007, 10:44 PM

unfortunately a 2GB stick from newegg costs around $200 so its quite expensive =/