The tricky bit here is that RAM prices keep going down just like
processor speeds go up. So the 'premium' cost of going to 16GB today
will be ordinary and cheap tomorrow. It seems like today 8GB is fine.
The conundrum is that to upgrade you have to pretty much toss out your
current memory. So do you overbuild once to the full 16GB compliment or
do you go with what is probably more typical knowing that you'll be
buying again down the road. For comparison, a pair of 4GB DDR3 1600MHZ
memory sticks like a MacBook Pro would use is $52 at newegg.com. A pair
of 8GB is $114. There is a nice table showing RAM prices from 1957-2013
here:
http://www.jcmit.com/memoryprice.htm
The second column of the table is US$ cost per MB of RAM. It starts out
at $411 Million per MB in 1957 and ends at $.0054 in 2013. So I would go
with what is reasonable now with the assumption that I'll probably throw
it out in 3-4 years when 8GB seems small. By then 16GB will probably be
half the cost it is today, even with inflation.
CB
On 6/19/13 6:38 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote:
Hi Chris
If I had the choice of adding memory to my computer up to 16 gigabytes, I would
do it. In the last keynote that Apple did, they said that they were going to
make changes so that applications would make beter use of memory. I mean, if
they are going to take your old memory out and put more in, they might as well
do it once.
Regards,
Gigi
On Jun 19, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Christopher Edwards <edwardsc2...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
Hello Patrick,
I am using a Macbook Pro. At present I have 4GB of RAM and am thinking of
doubling this although I understand from the Apple store I could go up to 16GB
on this model.
Yes, extra RAM can certainly bring a significant increase in performance.
Thank you for your response.
Chris
-----Original Message----- From: Patrick Neazer
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:57 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Questions About Numbers
Hello Christopher and all:
I do not know what computer you are running numbers upon. I am not the worlds
most awesome user … that would be Anne. however, I am able to comment upon the
ram issue. If you can afford the luxury of more ram, I would do so. now, of
course, there may be some blow back from others stating that they can run
safari and numbers and mail and the US space program on 2 gigs of ram. Yes, you
can do that … just like I can run up hill pulling my groceries with a rope and
ox cart :). I can do so though why would I want to if the issue is being
productive and comfortable?
The ram will never go to waste. It is a fantastic investment in the life of
your computer. I cannot tell you how to spend your money … you would not listen
to me anyway :). To reiterate however, if you can swing it swing it :).
Hopefully this information was useful to you. Please let us know.
Take good care and I wish you enough.
Patrick
On Jun 19, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Christopher Edwards <edwardsc2...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
Anne,
Thank you for the answer about higselecting. I did think of this but thought
there might be something simpler.
As for the busy messages I am not running a virtual machine. I do not even have
Fusion. I might consider using it in the future but then I would upgrade the
RAM as well.
Thanks for your help.
Chris
-----Original Message----- From: Anne Robertson
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 4:55 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Questions About Numbers
Hello Chris,
You can select a column or row in Numbers by going to the first cell in that
row or column and holding down the Shift key, use either the right arrow key
for a row, or the down arrow key for a column.
As for your Busy problem, are you by any chance running Windows as a virtual
machine? If so, you'll need more memory.
Cheers,
Anne
On 19 Jun 2013, at 17:09, Christopher Edwards <edwardsc2...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
Hello,
I have just started using Numbers on my Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion and,
so far, have two questions.
1. How can I select a whole row or column? A trainer at the Apple Store says
you have to click on the row number or column letter. I cannot find a keyboard
shortcut to do this nor can I find a way of navigating to these points with the
touch pad or keyboard. I am sure there must be a solution so please can someone
tell me what it is?
2. Even though my spreadsheets have been very small so far I keep getting
"busy" messages and often have to force quit the program and on one occasion
even this solution did not work. I seem to remember someone saying that increasing RAM
makes a big difference. I have 4GB so would it be worth doubling this, or maybe adding
even more RAM than that?
Many thanks,
Chris Edwards
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