Thanks, Bruce. I know I could depend on you. The thing is, I already have 3GB installed. Would getting an additional 2 gig stick make any noticeable difference, or would it simply be a waste of $40+?
F On Aug 17, 2:46 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > Magic 8-ball says "Answer hazy: ask again later" > > The standard answer "should I add more RAM?" is: "If your system bottleneck > is memory, adding more RAM will help." > > If you boost it to 4 gigs, you'll get the use of 3 gigs of RAM. You'll lose a > smidge of performance by not getting RAM interleaving (which IIRC Intel iMacs > will take advantage of) but you'll gain a gig of RAM. > > However, if you're currently not constrained by RAM, you won't see any > performance improvement; in fact you'll only see the smidge of performance > degradation. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
