On 10-08-22 9:48 AM, Ashgrove wrote:
Coincidentally, I also have an MDD and a QS in my
closet waiting to be parted out, because it's much more expensive to
fix them than to just buy another working unit.
Felix,
I had a love hate relationship with those beasts that Apple could not seem to
On 10-08-22 9:52 AM, Ashgrove wrote:
I do not recall any mention of Activity Monitor. But before investing
money and effort, anyone concerned about use of RAM should determine
whether Activity Monitor shows the sum of Free and Inactive memory
getting close to nothing.
Al Poulin
Al,
Good
On Aug 22, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote:
Al,
Good advice but what do I do for my OS 9 and prior machines ?
Under About This Macintosh it shows how much memory is in use. If it's mostly
full, get more RAM. Thisis comlicated by the manual memory allocation you need
to do in OS 9
On Aug 19, 5:04 pm, Walter Sheluk wshe...@shaw.ca wrote:
I've done the add this RAM and add this Hard drive to many of my Mac's
only to discover in the end all that money spent just left me with an
old and getting older Mac never really up to snuff.
Sorry to chime in days late at the end of
Hey Walter,
Don't worry, the message didn't appear to be offensive at all. It did
sound a little silly, though. ;-)
But now that you explain yourself in some detail, I see that you do
have a point, and a good one. I, too, have some horror stories to tell
about spending money on old computers,
Al,
Thanks for chiming in. (BONG... Sorry) I usually keep track of my RAM
and CPU usage with Activity Monitor and, occasionally, atMonitor. But
that's great advice.
Thanks,
Felix
On Aug 22, 10:57 am, Al Poulin alfred.pou...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry to chime in days late at the end of this
Sorry that my message sounded so harsh.
I've done the add this RAM and add this Hard drive to many of my Mac's
only to discover in the end all that money spent just left me with an
old and getting older Mac never really up to snuff. The other problem I
face is that I have to hire someone to
On 18/08/2010 15:51, Eric Volker wrote:
There may be some basis in factfor this claim. IIRC , two identical
ram modules can operate in dual channel mode. So though you would
still only have 3gb ofaddressable ram, access times mightbe faster.
This can provide a big boost in synthetic
Right. just get the new iMac's with more horsepower and more RAM.
On 10-08-18 11:02 AM, Elliott Price wrote:
Having a Late 2006 iMac with 3gb of RAM, this is my 2 cents on this issue. My
iMac runs great. I can't see how adding another gig that won't be addressed
could help performance
Well, thanks! I never imagined that somebody from the list could be so
thoughtful. I'll give you my mailing address so you can send it to me.
On Aug 18, 11:47 pm, Walter Sheluk wshe...@shaw.ca wrote:
Right. just get the new iMac's with more horsepower and more RAM.
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There may be some basis in factfor this claim. IIRC , two identical
ram modules can operate in dual channel mode. So though you would
still only have 3gb ofaddressable ram, access times mightbe faster.
This can provide a big boost in synthetic benchmarks, but rarely have
I seen a significant
On 17/08/2010 20:07, Ashgrove wrote:
Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in. Plez. ;-)
Anybody?
I really don't know.
Sorry, but as to usefulness you altready guessed that a 4gb machine
would help more in practice than a 3... As top how to make that happen
if that is even your question, I can't
On 17/08/2010 20:46, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Ashgrove wrote:
Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in. Plez. ;-)
Anybody?
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
On 10-08-17 12:07 PM, Ashgrove wrote:
Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in. Plez. ;-)
Anybody?
Visit http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa and ask Mother Apple
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Having a Late 2006 iMac with 3gb of RAM, this is my 2 cents on this issue. My
iMac runs great. I can't see how adding another gig that won't be addressed
could help performance much. My advice is just be happy with 3Gb of RAM... I
usually have multiple Adobe CS4 apps (Photoshop, Dreamweaver,
Alas, a newer iMac is not in the stars for now, so I have to squeeze
to the max the one I have.
3 gigs of RAM is usually more than enough for my needs, but I have a
tendency to run too may apps at once, and a lot of the simplest ones
are increasingly becoming memory hogs (iTunes 9.2.1, for
I did before opening this thread, and the responses were equally
(in)conclusive...
On Aug 17, 2:47 pm, Walter Sheluk wshe...@shaw.ca wrote:
On 10-08-17 12:07 PM, Ashgrove wrote: Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in.
Plez. ;-)
Anybody?
Visithttp://discussions.apple.com/index.jspaand ask
Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in. Plez. ;-)
Anybody?
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At 11:07 AM -0700 8/17/2010, Ashgrove wrote:
Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in. Plez. ;-)
Anybody?
*BONG*
How's that?
I've got only one previous message with this subject - the body of
the message be empty.
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On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Ashgrove wrote:
Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in. Plez. ;-)
Anybody?
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,
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
On Aug 17, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Ashgrove wrote:
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+?
It will make no difference at all.
You
Hmm. Sounds like a good excuse to upgrade... NOT!
The system is pretty fast as it is. It actually feels faster than my
(departed) late 2007 2.2Ghz MacBook with 4 full gigs of RAM. That
could be entirely subjective, of course. But I have found wise to get
as much memory as one can afford from the
This makes me recall some Apple document I read somewhere, about
excessive bong usage... ;-)
F
On Aug 17, 2:44 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
At 11:07 AM -0700 8/17/2010, Ashgrove wrote:
Oh, COME ON, folks. Chime in. Plez. ;-)
Anybody?
*BONG*
How's that?
I've got only one
On Aug 17, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Ashgrove wrote:
This makes me recall some Apple document I read somewhere, about
excessive bong usage... ;-)
Most likely from the Santa Cruz division.
F
On Aug 17, 2:44 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
At 11:07 AM -0700 8/17/2010, Ashgrove wrote:
Oh,
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