[X4U] Re: RAM/MacBook Pro question

[Kunga]

Yeah you need two 1GB sticks in there to realize the real speed of  
your MacBook Pro. You dont' say if you have one 1GB or two 512MB  
sticks inside. You can add 1GB sticks one at a time if the latter is  
the case and money is a problem. Cheapest good ram is from Omni  
Optival via <http://ramseeker.com>. Wearch for MacBook Pro in  
theupper popup menu. Then click on the price link to the Omni site.  
If you go directly to Omni you will have to pay a lot more.
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On Jun 22, 2006, at 9:23 AM, Robert MacLeay wrote:

> On 6/21/06 2:21 PM, "eleventhvolume " <colin at eleventhvolume.com>  
> 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?
>
> I have read that that apps running under Rosetta require as much as  
> three
> times(!) the RAM they would on a PPC Mac. You are probably right about
> needing to max out your RAM.