Not so powerful?

[vicreoy]

For many reasons, I have yet to be blown away by any substantial "power" that my 12" powerbook should be showing. I got this powerbook as a graduation present. I am into video editing, photoshop, soundtrack work. None of them open fast, preform fast or even run without the beach ball showing up most of the time. I opened up Photoshop today and while trying to search a webpage got a low memory error. ***! When I used the g4 desktops at school they were much faster than my powerbook. Here are my specs:

Memory: 384 mb
Processor: 867 mb Powerpc G4
Bus speed: 133 mhz

They did put in some additional memory when I got it, and I have read that sometimes that messes things up when it is not installed correctlly. Does anyone have any suggestions or similar stories.

I really am just upset at how slow this machine is, while being so **** expensive.

Peace,
Steve

 

[trpnmonkey41]

memory installed incorrectly just causes the system to not work. 384mb of ram is really nothing for photoshop and video editing. most people who do serious editing in here go with at least 640+ ram.

 

[Emrys]

I would max out your RAM. RAM is cheap, and can fix the issues you are experiencing. Check out the link at the top of every page, the one for WeLoveMacs (outdated link removed). They have great prices on RAM, and it is VERY easy to find the correct RAM that you need there.

I have basically the same system as you, and my machine suffers from none of those symptoms.

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[Murlyn]

same here.. I have a 667 and don't have those problems, even when I had 512MB ram.. now I have 1 Gig and still don't

 

[Fomer]

I use photoshop 7 with 256 mb of ram with no problem, on my dell I used photoshop 7 with 128 mb of ram. I must preserve my ram pretty well.

 

[Graphite]

Yeah, more RAM would be a boost.
If you use DiskWarrior, supposidly it virtually adds 20mhz.. (it just feels faster)

 

[vicreoy]

Thanks for your reply's.

Steve