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<blockquote data-quote="Spyral" data-source="post: 549733" data-attributes="member: 43725"><p>I'm thinking of making the switch as I dont trust PCs anymore TBH. (having looked at people having problems tho I'm not 100% convinced... I tohught mac's didn't crash !!)</p><p></p><p>anyway this is my analysis of the situation and I would appreciate feedback and advice;</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>the 2.2 seems better +200 yoyo for the DVD drive, the +.2/+.2 on the cpu and +40 gigs of space.</p><p></p><p>The black one seems over priced its +200 extra for +40 more gigs and blackness....I could buy a <span style="color: Purple"><strong>purple</strong></span> cover somewhere on ebay or whatever...</p><p></p><p>Next question;</p><p></p><p>is it worth getting the 2x1Gb Ram ?</p><p>how vital is RAM to a mac ?</p><p>is its OS really ram intensive or does it just depend on what programs? Is the difference noticable? I will be using it to edit photos as that is primarily what my old pc was pre-system death</p><p>I know that the difference on XPSP2 for example betwen 512 and 1gig is a lot but 1 gig to 2gig is not as noticable except when working with really large pics in photoshop</p><p></p><p>apply themselves say : </p><p> so that's why I'm thinking 2 gigs RAM</p><p></p><p>it is cheaper to buy the RAM seperatly myself and put it in .. eg:</p><p></p><p>its +E140 for the 2 gig upgrade on the apple site</p><p><a href="http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=333791" target="_blank">but only E54 on www.komplett.i</a>e ....</p><p></p><p>but is this a good/bad idea?</p><p></p><p>Also sorry for all the questions but I really need to research this I dont want to have swapped a wad of cash for a laptop computer that is not as compatable as a windows machine (tho windows is actually run-abble on a mac I think!) but is dead slow in actually doing anything useful. Ie I'll take buggyness over slowness.</p><p></p><p>so; is the extra ram worth it ? ( </p><p>and if so it best getting it from apple or getting it myself? (i can put ram in pcs and laptops.. not a big job & done it before)</p><p></p><p>I've seen other threads here asking about RAM aswell so I'm inclined to go for the 2.2 with the dvd burner and get 2x1gb ram elsewhere... </p><p>bottom line ; is this a wise decision?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spyral, post: 549733, member: 43725"] I'm thinking of making the switch as I dont trust PCs anymore TBH. (having looked at people having problems tho I'm not 100% convinced... I tohught mac's didn't crash !!) anyway this is my analysis of the situation and I would appreciate feedback and advice; the 2.2 seems better +200 yoyo for the DVD drive, the +.2/+.2 on the cpu and +40 gigs of space. The black one seems over priced its +200 extra for +40 more gigs and blackness....I could buy a [COLOR="Purple"][B]purple[/B][/COLOR] cover somewhere on ebay or whatever... Next question; is it worth getting the 2x1Gb Ram ? how vital is RAM to a mac ? is its OS really ram intensive or does it just depend on what programs? Is the difference noticable? I will be using it to edit photos as that is primarily what my old pc was pre-system death I know that the difference on XPSP2 for example betwen 512 and 1gig is a lot but 1 gig to 2gig is not as noticable except when working with really large pics in photoshop apply themselves say : so that's why I'm thinking 2 gigs RAM it is cheaper to buy the RAM seperatly myself and put it in .. eg: its +E140 for the 2 gig upgrade on the apple site [URL="http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=333791"]but only E54 on www.komplett.i[/URL]e .... but is this a good/bad idea? Also sorry for all the questions but I really need to research this I dont want to have swapped a wad of cash for a laptop computer that is not as compatable as a windows machine (tho windows is actually run-abble on a mac I think!) but is dead slow in actually doing anything useful. Ie I'll take buggyness over slowness. so; is the extra ram worth it ? ( and if so it best getting it from apple or getting it myself? (i can put ram in pcs and laptops.. not a big job & done it before) I've seen other threads here asking about RAM aswell so I'm inclined to go for the 2.2 with the dvd burner and get 2x1gb ram elsewhere... bottom line ; is this a wise decision? [/QUOTE]
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