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I want to switch, but what model is best for me?
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<blockquote data-quote="Amen-Moses" data-source="post: 4195" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>On the Ram front I initially purchased the iMac with 256Mb and then upgraded (for approx £34) to 512.</p><p></p><p>The only difference I could see was that after the upgrade heavy Ram users like iMovie and iDVD stopped complaining quite so readily but from what I can gather most of my initial Ram problems resulted from always running in 1440x900 screen mode (why isn't it 1600x900?). The reason appears to be that the system defaults to using OpenGL mode for the windows renderer (hence all games can run in windows or full screen with no delay in switching, a major plus for OSX imo) which also means that the OpenGL client, in this case OSX, keeps copies of all windows contents in system Ram as bitmaps. On a 12 or 15 inch monitor you would be running far less intensive screen resolutions so would not require nearly as much Ram.</p><p></p><p>As an estimate I would think 256Mb entirely sufficient for a 12" PowerBook and 384Mb sufficient for the 15". (especially as with both models iDVD and iMovie will probably not be heavily used).</p><p></p><p>IMO Apple have seriously ****** up by not providing 256Mb in the internal slots on these models, in fact given the low cost of Ram at present they should have installed 512Mb on all models in the entire range.</p><p></p><p>btw, please consider the extra inches of screen real-estate, 12 inches sounds great when talking about penis size but when converted to pixels it is paltry. (for <insert deity here>'s sake don't try out Real-Myst on a 17 inch or you will break countless laws in order to purchase one! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />)</p><p> </p><p>Amen-Moses</p><p></p><p><strong>[ADMIN EDIT] Watch the language. There are rules here. I will let the the rest of the post stand because it technically does not constitute porn, but keep it clean....[/ADMIN EDIT]</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amen-Moses, post: 4195, member: 114"] On the Ram front I initially purchased the iMac with 256Mb and then upgraded (for approx £34) to 512. The only difference I could see was that after the upgrade heavy Ram users like iMovie and iDVD stopped complaining quite so readily but from what I can gather most of my initial Ram problems resulted from always running in 1440x900 screen mode (why isn't it 1600x900?). The reason appears to be that the system defaults to using OpenGL mode for the windows renderer (hence all games can run in windows or full screen with no delay in switching, a major plus for OSX imo) which also means that the OpenGL client, in this case OSX, keeps copies of all windows contents in system Ram as bitmaps. On a 12 or 15 inch monitor you would be running far less intensive screen resolutions so would not require nearly as much Ram. As an estimate I would think 256Mb entirely sufficient for a 12" PowerBook and 384Mb sufficient for the 15". (especially as with both models iDVD and iMovie will probably not be heavily used). IMO Apple have seriously ****** up by not providing 256Mb in the internal slots on these models, in fact given the low cost of Ram at present they should have installed 512Mb on all models in the entire range. btw, please consider the extra inches of screen real-estate, 12 inches sounds great when talking about penis size but when converted to pixels it is paltry. (for <insert deity here>'s sake don't try out Real-Myst on a 17 inch or you will break countless laws in order to purchase one! ;)) Amen-Moses [b][ADMIN EDIT] Watch the language. There are rules here. I will let the the rest of the post stand because it technically does not constitute porn, but keep it clean....[/ADMIN EDIT][/b] [/QUOTE]
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