I ordered an iBook for my office and requested extra memory but they only got me the standard 512. I am wondering the same thing. J. B. <BLOCKQUOTE style='PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #A0C6E5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px'><font style='FONT-SIZE:11px;FONT-FAMILY:tahoma,sans-serif'><hr color=#A0C6E5 size=1> From: <i>Larry Kollar <kollar at alltel.net></i><br>Reply-To: <i>"A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers." <ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com></i><br>To: <i>"A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers." <ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com></i><br>Subject: <i>Re: [iBook] 512mb iBook</i><br>Date: <i>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:10:29 -0400</i><br>>Jeff Siler wrote:<br>><br>>>I just purchases a 12" iBook G4 1.33. The newest versions come <br>>>stock<br>>>with 512mb ddr 2700 memory.<br>>><br>>>Will this be enough for most tasks? I have a high end gaming PC I <br>>>use<br>>>for games, and I got the iBook to surf the web, chat, sync my ipod,<br>>>and do very best web development.<br>>><br>>>Would it really be worth it to upgrade to 1gb of memory, or will <br>>>512mb<br>>>suite me alright for the near future.<br>><br>>512MB should be sufficient for that type of work. Things might run a <br>> little faster with more RAM.<br>><br>>I have a G3/900 MHz iBook with 640MB, and I've only bogged it down a <br>> couple of times (had what The Register calls "world + dog" open).<br>><br>>So see how it runs; if you're happy with the speed as-is, don't <br>>worry about upgrading right away. As you gravitate more and more to <br>>using the iBook constantly (which you *will* do, especially if you <br>>have an Airport card), you may want to re-think that.<br>><br>>--<br>>Larry Kollar k o l l a r @ a l l t e l . n e t<br>>"The hardest part of all this is the part that requires thinking."<br>>-- Paul Tyson, on xml-doc<br>><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>iBook mailing list<br>>iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com<br>>http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook<br>><br>>Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random <br>>stuff:<br>> http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984<br></font></BLOCKQUOTE>