You'll find its not the RAM, I have a G5 with 768MB and use the machine for video and photo editing with no issues at all. It may well be the format you are trying to open - don't forget that iPhoto will not open uncompressed (RAW) photos, they come out pixilated. On 7/26/06 7:04 PM, "Pat" <patdart at cox.net> wrote: > I have a G5 with 512 ram and yesterday, while trying to add photos into > an album, things froze up when I decided to play a slideshow. Now, I > had a couple of other programs open, so after a restart, with nothing > opened, I tried again. These are 5 meg pictures, but is that why it > froze again? Do I need more ram? If so, how hard is it to add for a > homebound type with no dealer in the area? > > Pat > > _______________________________________________ > iMac mailing list > iMac at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/imac > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984