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How much RAM?
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<blockquote data-quote="Geeky1" data-source="post: 514642" data-attributes="member: 34442"><p>As others have said, you will find that other RAM is much less expensive than Apple's, and it is not difficult to upgrade.</p><p></p><p>However, I'm going to take a different stance than some people here on how much you should get. I can't imagine using OSX on 1GB. I found it somewhat sluggish and unresponsive for general, day-to-day tasks even on 2. For instance, while typing in a text box like this one, if an icon on my dock started bouncing (e.g. if someone sent me an IM), the keyboard input would lag slightly until I acknowledged the IM notification. I would suggest that as a bare minimum, you get 2GB, particularly given the price of DDR2 RAM right now. You could max it out at 4GB for <$200 after you bought it, take it to 3GB for <$120, and 2GB for <$100:</p><p><a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac_Core_2_Duo/DDR2/" target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac_Core_2_Duo/DDR2/</a></p><p></p><p>(and if you wait for frys.com to have a sale on OCZ ram again you could do it even cheaper than that)</p><p></p><p>Now, you're not doing anything that's likely to fill 4GB of RAM. Nor do I. However, my experience with OSX (and Windows, but not to nearly the same extent) has been that the more RAM it has to play with, the more responsive it is, even if the user isn't filling all of the available space. Given that you're on a budget, I'd get the least amount of RAM you can from Apple (the stock 1GB) and then upgrade it as far as your budget will go after you get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geeky1, post: 514642, member: 34442"] As others have said, you will find that other RAM is much less expensive than Apple's, and it is not difficult to upgrade. However, I'm going to take a different stance than some people here on how much you should get. I can't imagine using OSX on 1GB. I found it somewhat sluggish and unresponsive for general, day-to-day tasks even on 2. For instance, while typing in a text box like this one, if an icon on my dock started bouncing (e.g. if someone sent me an IM), the keyboard input would lag slightly until I acknowledged the IM notification. I would suggest that as a bare minimum, you get 2GB, particularly given the price of DDR2 RAM right now. You could max it out at 4GB for <$200 after you bought it, take it to 3GB for <$120, and 2GB for <$100: [url]http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/iMac_Core_2_Duo/DDR2/[/url] (and if you wait for frys.com to have a sale on OCZ ram again you could do it even cheaper than that) Now, you're not doing anything that's likely to fill 4GB of RAM. Nor do I. However, my experience with OSX (and Windows, but not to nearly the same extent) has been that the more RAM it has to play with, the more responsive it is, even if the user isn't filling all of the available space. Given that you're on a budget, I'd get the least amount of RAM you can from Apple (the stock 1GB) and then upgrade it as far as your budget will go after you get it. [/QUOTE]
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