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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
How much RAM do i need?
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 971141" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>One stat that might help you decide whether a memory upgrade is needed is the number of page ins/page outs that occur. The more page outs that occur the more your Mac is having to read from the virtual memory file on your hard drive thus slowing things down. Here's a summary of how to use Activity Monitor to find/interpret that information. <a href="http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/does-my-mac-need-more-memory.html" target="_blank">Does my mac need more memory? | Macintosh How To</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 971141, member: 131855"] One stat that might help you decide whether a memory upgrade is needed is the number of page ins/page outs that occur. The more page outs that occur the more your Mac is having to read from the virtual memory file on your hard drive thus slowing things down. Here's a summary of how to use Activity Monitor to find/interpret that information. [url=http://macintoshhowto.com/hardware/does-my-mac-need-more-memory.html]Does my mac need more memory? | Macintosh How To[/url] [/QUOTE]
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