[iBook] Anybody tried/have thoughts on 1GB ram in an 800mhz G4 ibook?

[William Wiseman]

Nancy,

I have the same iBook and at 640MB it does just fine for me. Now, this 
is my second machine and I'm not doing photo or video editing or 
anything super memory intensive. I have run PhotoShop Elements and it 
does just fine on files up to 120MB while having Safari, Mail, iCal and 
Address Book all open and Airport connection open. Now , if this was my 
main computer OR I intended to run PS CS I would go for the 1GB.

As for buying ram, I've had good luck with OWC. I have purchased 4 
different ram upgrades over the last 3 years and I've been very 
pleased.

JeffW.

On Nov 7, 2004, at 6:03 PM, Nancy Lawrence wrote:

> Hi.  I recently acquired an 800mhz G4 ibook and Apple has it 
> "officially" topping out at 640mb of ram.  However, I have read on at 
> least one discussion board and have seen reputable ram dealers 
> offering a special 1gb chip especially for this model.
>
> Since I just got this machine I don't yet know too much about it, but 
> I do know that the 256mb that it came with is only enough to run 
> Panther, so I am definitely going to upgrade.  I just don't know if I 
> should upgrade to 640 when I could put that money towards 1gb.  Any 
> experience, thoughts, suggestions?
>
> Thanks very much,
> Nancy
>
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