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danf63
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RAM really does make a difference
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June 13, 2003, 05:57:53 PM »
My parents gave me a 512 mb RAM chip for Father's Day (I know, a few days early). Before I was running 10.2.6 on 192 mbs of ram. It was terrible,just a little sluggish. It's much nicer now!
Dan
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Paddy
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RAM really does make a difference
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June 13, 2003, 06:35:02 PM »
Yup...it's like the old saying...you can NEVER have too much RAM! (well...you can, but your machine just won't recognize it!)
OS X is a RAM hog, relatively speaking. It's nuts to think it will run well on the "minimum" suggested by Apple - 128MB!
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kelly
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RAM really does make a difference
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June 13, 2003, 06:55:48 PM »
Good deal Dan.
The real minimum is 256.
More is better.
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Gary S
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RAM really does make a difference
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June 13, 2003, 10:47:25 PM »
You betcha! Lot's 'O Ram is a good thang.
OS X runs good with 1 1/2 Gigs. You can do a lot of things.
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