[X4U] Re: RAM/MacBook Pro question

[jwarms at mac.com]

I really would like to see the material you read. If true, 3X is  
worth a lot more
than one splat!!!!

My experiences with Excel and Word on a 512MB MacBook is that they  
generally
appear to run at the same speed as on a 1.3GHz PBook. One real plus  
is that
my spreadsheet, 16400 rows long, takes only 5 sec to save on the  
MacBook,
compared to 15 sec on the PB. Now that's significant to me!! (I  
assume Excel uses
some file system calls that have been converted to universal.)

However, there are occasional delays or pauses during some finder or  
file type
activities that are annoying but not crippling.

I should receive 2GB of memory and a 7200 rpm drive today, so I'll  
have a
before/after comparison soon.

But I would like to see that reference.

Jon


On Jun 22, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Robert MacLeay <robertmacleay at mac.com>
wrote:
> 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.

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