upgrading iBook

[Gert van Santen]

Don't t(h)read on my tentacles, 
Earthling! schreef:
> Le 2 f?vr. 08 ? 15:33, Gert van Santen a ?crit :
> 
>> Just upgraded Kristins iBook (1.2 GHz)
>> from 256 MB to 1,25 GB RAM.
> 
> damn!
> 
>> Wow! That is a huge difference -
>> suddenly this computer is fast!
> 
> you should be spanked and whipped for starving this innocent laptop  
> for so long!

When we bought it, some 3-4 years ago, 
it really worked well on 256. But then I 
started using it (mostly during the 
holidays). But I always have at least 
4-5 programmes open, and with 256 MB 
it's like the world is going in 
slowmotion...

> Mind, for normal operation OS X needs at least 768 MB of RAM, and the  
> more the better. Check for pageouts in the memory (using menumeters,  
> activity monitor or the terminal), if there's a lot, you don't have  
> enough RAM and you're living on VM.

Yeah, the worst thing was changing 
between Photoshop and anything else. I 
could easily make another cup of tea...

> Since my macbook has 4 GB of RAM (3 recognized) there's no more pageouts

Nice. I know what I will do when it's 
time for my next computer ;-)


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