> I was thinking about getting a 256 and using it with my 128 for a total > of 384. Think that would be enough?
> And I'm sure this problem has been discussed before, but I have > heard often that any more than 256 megs of RAM in a Lombard causes > problems with OS X. > Should this still be a concern, or has it been fixed by 10.3.2? That's exactly the configuration I have upgraded my Lombard 333 to (from 192 MB), getting a low profile 256 MB for the bottom slot from OWC when installing OS X.2.3 (now upped to X.2.8). Install was successful, but not at the first shot. I got twice the funky screen patterns, once more it just stalled. Once succeeding however (fourth try), I could re-install a few more times flawlessly. A mistery to me. For the record, I was not able to even initiate the install process the stock4 GB HD, but I succeeded by upgrading to a 40 GB 5200rpm Travelstar. I recall mentions of opposite experiences on this list. It runs fine (and by far more stable) under OS X, but not half as fast as under OS 9.2.2, specially when using many apps at a time as I do. Special concerns (in my case) are very slow Finder actions, terribly long apps launching time, slow window scrolling and Mail annoyingly long deadtimes (even when it is the only application running). Plus, I lost use of the internal modem under OS X. Word processing is fine, forget image and sound editing/processing, way faster under OS 9. Perhaps 512 MB of RAM would improve on all of the above. On the bright side (and most importantly), software installations and configurations, peripheral support, external hardware compatibilyty and so on are vastly improved. Having heard repeatedly that Panther is faster, you'll be better off than me. I'll give it a shot myself. Perhaps I'll re-gain the modem as well. Hope this helps. Cheers, gianfranco -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
