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<blockquote data-quote="IvanLasston" data-source="post: 1149649" data-attributes="member: 145676"><p>cwa has a good point - but also look at the swap usage. If it under a few hundred mb most of the time - then more RAM won't help. You should also be looking at Page In/Outs - these are the reads and writes to swap.</p><p></p><p>The way memory works is most stuff running is in RAM. It is when you start running low on RAM that the computer starts moving stuff to swap - which is on your disk drive. (This is also why everyone recommends to keep ~20% free hard drive space - so that there is space for swap) Your disk drive is significantly slower than your RAM - this is where slowdown can occur - when you run out of RAM and start using swap. Here is a more detailed explanation</p><p><a href="http://sg80bab.blogspot.com/2007/03/is-my-mac-using-too-much-memory.html" target="_blank">Bits about Bytes: Is my Mac using too much memory???</a></p><p>I have found unless I am running a Virtual Machine 4GB was enough. When I run a VM things bog down fast - so I upgraded to 8GB and it has helped immensely.</p><p></p><p>I went with OWC's NuRAM and it has been working great. I've had it now for ~3 months.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IvanLasston, post: 1149649, member: 145676"] cwa has a good point - but also look at the swap usage. If it under a few hundred mb most of the time - then more RAM won't help. You should also be looking at Page In/Outs - these are the reads and writes to swap. The way memory works is most stuff running is in RAM. It is when you start running low on RAM that the computer starts moving stuff to swap - which is on your disk drive. (This is also why everyone recommends to keep ~20% free hard drive space - so that there is space for swap) Your disk drive is significantly slower than your RAM - this is where slowdown can occur - when you run out of RAM and start using swap. Here is a more detailed explanation [url=http://sg80bab.blogspot.com/2007/03/is-my-mac-using-too-much-memory.html]Bits about Bytes: Is my Mac using too much memory???[/url] I have found unless I am running a Virtual Machine 4GB was enough. When I run a VM things bog down fast - so I upgraded to 8GB and it has helped immensely. I went with OWC's NuRAM and it has been working great. I've had it now for ~3 months. [/QUOTE]
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