[X Newbies] Do I need more ram?

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 1/20/03 23:58, "David" <whelp at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I just bought a desktop G4 with 512 megs of ram. When I scan pictures
> at 600 dpi using Vuescan I usually have to restart my computer since
> none of my other programs will open after I've scanned a few pictures.
> I have used Vuescan's "release memory" feature to no avail.  It appears
> as though I don't have enough memory. Is this possible, or is the
> scanning software to blame? Should I buy more ram?

That sounds like a VueScan problem. While 512 MB is not a lot of RAM, it is
certainly sufficient. You shouldn't have that kind of problem. I have 640 MB
RAM on my new iBook, and can run a dozen applications with no problem. BTW,
I recently tried the demo of VueScan and had no such problem.

Kirk

 

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