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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 630382" data-attributes="member: 21101">That's incredibly pedantic and could easily confuse people. For all intent and purpose, having more RAM increases performance, because OS X is very good at pre-caching applications and views. More RAM means less HDD access when going back to previously closed documents or web pages or folder views. It also means that you can multi-task much more effectively. Many people compensate for their machine's lack of speed unconsciously by closing apps or only burning a CD or DVD when they're doing nothing else - more RAM means these compromises don't have to be made.What you said is technically true, but really just adds complexity to a pretty simple subject unnecessarily. Most modern Operating Systems will only replace data in RAM when it runs out. The more you have, the better the performance.I agree with this. The difference between a stock 5400rpm drive and a high-end 7200rpm drive is quite significant - also more free space on a HDD does result in more performance, so get the biggest you can afford.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 630382, member: 21101"] That's incredibly pedantic and could easily confuse people. For all intent and purpose, having more RAM increases performance, because OS X is very good at pre-caching applications and views. More RAM means less HDD access when going back to previously closed documents or web pages or folder views. It also means that you can multi-task much more effectively. Many people compensate for their machine's lack of speed unconsciously by closing apps or only burning a CD or DVD when they're doing nothing else - more RAM means these compromises don't have to be made. What you said is technically true, but really just adds complexity to a pretty simple subject unnecessarily. Most modern Operating Systems will only replace data in RAM when it runs out. The more you have, the better the performance. I agree with this. The difference between a stock 5400rpm drive and a high-end 7200rpm drive is quite significant - also more free space on a HDD does result in more performance, so get the biggest you can afford. [/QUOTE]

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