I'd guess with that amount of RAM (256MB) that you are in fact hitting your limit. I really think 512MB is a minimum, and 1GB if you can afford it. I like crucial.com; have bought 10+ times for personal and work use for Apple laptops. On Aug 29, 2005, at 11:15 AM, Da Pen wrote: > On Aug 27, 2005, at 12:25 PM, Robert Nicholson wrote: > >> Have any other people noticed their fans being used >> > a lot more > >> recently than previously? >> > > Hello. Curious about the fan issue as well. We are > still using 10.3.9 with all recent updates. Have > noticed in the last several months increased usage as > well and increased hard drive access when surfing net. > > > Another issue, my wife has been doing heavy surfing > lately doing some research. She notices that after > several hours of activity and multiple windows open (I > suppose 13 or more) closing a window can take a > looonggg time. Switching to finder or other programs > takes a loongg time too. She's using Safari 1.3 > (v312). > > We're running a 1GHz 15" Powerbook, 256 MB Ram. We've > got 47GB on our 60GB (55.88 capacity) HD. DSL > connection. > > If it's a Ram issue. What recommendations to you have > for quality chip supplier? > > Cheers. Dave > > PS. I briefly wondered if Apple has increased the fan > usage because of previous battery issues? > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail for Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > _______________________________________________ > Titanium mailing list > Titanium at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/titanium > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > -- Justin R. Miller incanus at codesorcery.net