Re: [CGUYS] iMac memory

2007-10-04 Thread Tom Piwowar
>I have a 2gig chip coming(bought a wrong 2gig to start the week).  will 
>give her 3gig.will another 1gig (swap out the 1gig with a 2gig) improve
>performance much?


Hard to say in theory, but there is a way to check it in practice. With 
the Mac running in a typical manner, start Activity Monitor and perform 
some actions that you would expect need lots of RAM. Then check Activity 
Monitor's System Memory panel for page outs (the second number in the 
pair). If the page outs are under 400,000 you will not benefit much from 
adding RAM. The higher this number the more you will benefit by adding 
RAM. This is worth revisiting after you upgrade software or change your 
style of working.



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[CGUYS] iMac memory

2007-10-04 Thread gerald
wife has a new 24" imac 2.4.  she plans to do some video edit, and does have XP 
running on it.

I have a 2gig chip coming(bought a wrong 2gig to start the week).  will give 
her 3gig.

will another 1gig (swap out the 1gig with a 2gig) improve performance much?

by the way, I found an old copy of xp pro knocking around.  she loaded it, and 
ms has not come knocking at door regarding second time being used.  the last 
use computer had been decommissioned a couple years ago. 



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