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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1470384" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Without going into a long explanation…yes…it should help with the "spinning beach ball's". But the less ram you have…the faster the spinning beach balls will return. AND…the less installed ram you have…the better it is to open only essential applications (don't have too many apps. open at one time). So the more ram you have the better.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This may be true…but it depends on how each computer was being used:</p><p></p><p>- Running the same OS version</p><p>- Running the exact sam app versions</p><p>- Same number of apps open at the same time</p><p>- etc. etc.</p><p></p><p>This is only a valid comparison if both computers were doing exactly the same thing when comparing how fast each computer was. Also…these two MacBook would certainly have had different specifications (different cpu types, different cpu speeds, different graphics hardware, etc.). There's much more to comparing two computers than just the amount of installed ram.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We would need to know exactly what model MacBook we are talking about. If it's a 2006/2007 MacBook…we could be talking a max. of 2gig of ram to 4gig of ram (depending on the model).</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1470384, member: 56379"] Without going into a long explanation…yes…it should help with the "spinning beach ball's". But the less ram you have…the faster the spinning beach balls will return. AND…the less installed ram you have…the better it is to open only essential applications (don't have too many apps. open at one time). So the more ram you have the better. This may be true…but it depends on how each computer was being used: - Running the same OS version - Running the exact sam app versions - Same number of apps open at the same time - etc. etc. This is only a valid comparison if both computers were doing exactly the same thing when comparing how fast each computer was. Also…these two MacBook would certainly have had different specifications (different cpu types, different cpu speeds, different graphics hardware, etc.). There's much more to comparing two computers than just the amount of installed ram. We would need to know exactly what model MacBook we are talking about. If it's a 2006/2007 MacBook…we could be talking a max. of 2gig of ram to 4gig of ram (depending on the model). - Nick [/QUOTE]
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