On Jan 12, 2007, at 4:56 AM, Youri wrote:
I personaly run RB2006 r4 on a MacBookPro 2.33 MHz and 2GB RAM
2.33 MHz? My 1990 MacClassic ran at 8 MHz. I think you meant GHz. :)
My 2 GHz G5 iMac improved significantly when I increased my Ram from
1 GB to 2 GB (the maximum for that machine). I found that I was using
up to 800 MB of Ram with a couple of other apps running and a couple
of Rb projects open.
My hard drive is used much less now.
Rb suggests a minimum of 768 MB of available RAM but that must be
added to the OS's appx 200 MB and any other apps you have running.
Mail and Safari hog a fair amount but much, much less than using Rb can.
Whether or not you will notice a difference between 2 GB or 3 GB will
depend a lot on the size of your project or how many other apps you
have running.
I'd go for the 3 GB despite the extra money as adding it later will
be about the same if memory prices stay about the same. Since memory
prices usually drop as larger ones become available a 2 GB card will
be less in a year or two but you will now have an extra 1 GB card
that won't be useable in much else as Desktops use different memory
than Portables.
BTW, 2007r1 uses about 4 times as much Ram as 5.5.5 and it will
probably need more in a year or two as features are added.
My thoughts on this matter.
Terry
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