[X4U] RAM/MacBook Pro question

[Milton van der Veen]

I'm pleased this topic has come up because there are certain times  
when I notice lack of response too -- and I have a MacBook Pro with  
2GB of RAM.

I have noticed two things:
- freezing of the cursor at certain times when I empty the trash, and
- a disappearing cursor at times when I'm using a Rosetta app  
(DreamWeaver) which reminds me of the disappearing cursor when  
Classic first ran on OS X.

Is this just me? Or is this only a sign of "growing pains?" Or are  
there things I should do to optimize -- as Colin asked.

Milton

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On Jun 21, 2006, at 3:55 PM, eleventhvolume wrote:

> I own a 15" MacBook Pro with 1GB RAM, latest OS version. I'm mainly  
> running
> the following universal binaries:
> - Firefox (quite a lot of open tabs e.g. 10 or 12)
> - iTunes
> And the following Rosetta apps:
> - Entourage
> - Word
>
> I'm finding the whole machine sluggish at times, lots of spinning  
> beachballs
> - I realise this has quite a bit to do with running Rosetta apps,  
> but should
> Firefox be taking forever at times to respond? And is 1GB enough or  
> will
> maxing the RAM help particularly with these relatively low system
> requirements?
>