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How much will 1gig of RAM help a computer?
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 329669" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>I don't want to step on any toes, but I remember my Mini G4 which shipped with Panther and 256 Megs RAM. I fired it up and let the updates install, then ran Mail and Safari then opened itunes. Itunes would skip if I did the least little thing as it was out of ram and swapping to the HDD. 512 is ok and with my iBook I can do all I want but I can at times tell it's running low, but to be fair I am a power user. 1GB seems to be a sweet spot these days but more can not hurt if you run a lot of apps at the same time and edit large video files and also if you run apps that need Rossetta.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 329669, member: 8287"] I don't want to step on any toes, but I remember my Mini G4 which shipped with Panther and 256 Megs RAM. I fired it up and let the updates install, then ran Mail and Safari then opened itunes. Itunes would skip if I did the least little thing as it was out of ram and swapping to the HDD. 512 is ok and with my iBook I can do all I want but I can at times tell it's running low, but to be fair I am a power user. 1GB seems to be a sweet spot these days but more can not hurt if you run a lot of apps at the same time and edit large video files and also if you run apps that need Rossetta. [/QUOTE]
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