<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi Richard,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Exactly!</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I believe that 512MB RAM is enought
to keep OSX and maybe one or two basic apps open before it begins paging
out memory to the Swap file/s on the hard drive. The more apps you open
or the heavier processing you do (eg. graphics or video work) the more
virtual memory usage and page-ins and outs that have to take place which
dramatically slows down processing.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I believe 1GB is really the starting
place for any reasonable OSX Machine. Everything above is an enhancement.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Coj</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Richard Dalziel-Sharpe <dalshar@optushome.com.au></b></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Hi Timothy<br>
As Brett says maxing the ram does make a huge difference.<br>
But its not just the applications that are speeded up; OSX loves ram. <br>
Its memory management is very effective in allowing you to do heaps of
<br>
multi tasking.<br>
This means you can keep your apps open and have instant access to them
<br>
and allows huge improvements in productivity, simply by not having to <br>
shut them down and start them up.<br>
I have a Dual 2gig G5 which had only 512megs of ram at purchase, I was
<br>
disappointed in the perceived speed change from my G4 867. But when I <br>
put in another 1.5gig of ram the change was dramatic everywhere, the <br>
only thing that really has not changed to keep up is the brain <br>
operating the keyboard, oh well, our Steve hasnt worked out that one <br>
yet.<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Richard Dalziel-Sharpe<br>
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On 15/04/2005, at 6:48 AM, Timothy Luoma wrote:<br>
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><br>
> I'm planning, probably sometime this summer, to buy a Dual G5, mainly
<br>
> to do video work (importing video from ConvertX/Canopus ADVC 110 into
<br>
> iMovie/EyeTV)<br>
><br>
> There is a fairly steep price difference ($900) between the Dual 1.8
<br>
> and the 2.5.</tt></font>
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