[Ti] Experience with bumping ram from 512->1GB on Ti 867?

[S. Moussly]

It really depends what you need it for. I got mine with 1GB and my  
laptop works like a charm :)





On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 04:59 PM, Bill Reburn wrote:

> On 7/16/03 12:42 AM, "Sam Hotchkiss" <ti at zlit.net> wrote:
>
>> On 7/15/03 11:58 AM, "Pedro Vera" <pedro at veraperez.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Would any of you that has made the jump from 512MB to 1 GB RAM on  
>>> your Ti 867
>>> please share
>>> your experience?
>>>
>>> I just did it half an hour ago, so it is too early for me to  
>>> distinguish
>>> between a real improvement
>>> and wishful thinking.
>>
>> I had a GREAT improvement in high-ram applications (in particular  
>> Final Cut
>> Pro)
>
> Likewise, after running the Adobe collection all day I liked to fire  
> up the
> Terminal and look at the pageouts/ins.. With minimal ram I would be in  
> the
> millions (exagerrating) in the pageout area. I could hear my Ti several
> times a day just thrashing the HD.  
> ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....ZZZZZZZZ...
> ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....ZZZZZZZZZZZ (that¹s my thrashing sound).  
> After
> the ram upgrade it was almost entirely cleared up. This is going from  
> the
> stock 256 up to 768 (1 x 512 chip) on a Ti550combo. Now I run  
> everything all
> the time, never shut anything down (except when wifey wants to check  
> her
> damn email ;-), never reboot (although running maint. utilities like
> MacJanitor helps).
>
> I would say the ram upgrade helped me tremendously. If all you do is  
> check
> email and surf the web.. With the occasional document or graphics to  
> work
> on, you may not notice a thing. You're starting from a pretty healthy  
> 512 to
> begin with.. Most people rarely get near a gig of ram on their  
> machine, let
> alone a laptop! Just a year or three ago, I remember people ooohhing  
> and
> aaahing that I had 2gigs of ram in my tower - they thought it was such  
> a
> waste of money - but a necessary evil in my field.
>
>
>
>
> Bill Reburn
> Associate Member of the
> Society of Graphic Designers
> of Canada : MB Chapter
>
>
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