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<blockquote data-quote="rberry88" data-source="post: 145461" data-attributes="member: 5169"><p>*Do I get a reward for reviving an old thread?</p><p></p><p>The Apple site will always tell you that the G4 (1.0 & 1.25) iMacs will only support up to 1GB total RAM. I have a 1.25 G4 iMac and have the stock 256MB RAM in the factory slot and a 512MB stick in the user slot. I called Apple Help and they told me the G4 iMac can, safely, be upgraded to a max of 2GB of RAM. The catch is this: they told me that if you have Applecare and need to send your machine in for repair, you must put the RAM back to a max of 1GB as they will not offer help and/or support for anything over 1GB RAM. </p><p></p><p>I just bought a 1GB stick of RAM from Crucial.com and put it into the user slot and noticed a big kick in the pants. Much faster and much smoother operation using Tiger 10.4.2 and Photoshop.</p><p></p><p>I'll keep the 512MB RAM stick set to the side for the odd chance I would have to use my AppleCare.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rberry88, post: 145461, member: 5169"] *Do I get a reward for reviving an old thread? The Apple site will always tell you that the G4 (1.0 & 1.25) iMacs will only support up to 1GB total RAM. I have a 1.25 G4 iMac and have the stock 256MB RAM in the factory slot and a 512MB stick in the user slot. I called Apple Help and they told me the G4 iMac can, safely, be upgraded to a max of 2GB of RAM. The catch is this: they told me that if you have Applecare and need to send your machine in for repair, you must put the RAM back to a max of 1GB as they will not offer help and/or support for anything over 1GB RAM. I just bought a 1GB stick of RAM from Crucial.com and put it into the user slot and noticed a big kick in the pants. Much faster and much smoother operation using Tiger 10.4.2 and Photoshop. I'll keep the 512MB RAM stick set to the side for the odd chance I would have to use my AppleCare. [/QUOTE]
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