Larry: Short sided yet correct. Gabe Vega The BlindTechs Network Website: http://blindtechs.net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (602) 476-2307 (562) 261-5277 (866) 714-4244 ----- Original Message ----- From: "LARRY WANGER" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby the blind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 2:01 PM Subject: Re: 24 inch iMac
> What? Gabe, my iMac has 1GB of ram in it. I've learned long ago, no matter > what computer and OS you are using that RAM is what keeps the thing running > well. As a "computer tech" you of all people should never be telling people > what is adequate with a computer. I remember when I got my first PC > thinking how cool it was that I had a 40MB drive and for the longest time I > kept thinking it was adequate. Well, here we are in 2006 and you'd never > get through with a drive that small. Yet techs back then said otherwise. > The point is that you can't say what is right for users on this list. Kind > of off base. A bit short sighted too. > > > Visit my home page at http://www.disabilitynation.net and subscribe to The > DisabilityNation Podcast. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gabriel Vega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 1:18 PM > Subject: Re: 24 inch iMac > > > > Joe, grant it that 512 is adiquate for most of the consumers on this list. > > 2gb is overkill > > Gabe Vega > > The BlindTechs Network > > Website: http://blindtechs.net > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (602) 476-2307 > > (562) 261-5277 > > (866) 714-4244 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kafka's Daytime" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > > the blind" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2006 2:38 AM > > Subject: Re: 24 inch iMac > > > > > >> > >> On Sep 10, 2006, at 4:56 AM, Gabriel Vega wrote: > >> > >> > so why would some one want 2gb of ram? > >> > >> Short answer: snappy performance. > >> > >> Longer answer: games (developing and playing them), multimedia > >> production and playback (audio, video/effects/compositing, image > >> processing, 3D), modeling/scientific number crunching...are all > >> [examples of] applications which need or want more RAM. 2GB is not a > >> super-tremendous amount of RAM (anymore) considering that a *minimum* > >> of 256MB is recommended just to run Mac OS X. Even though 256MB is > >> listed as the minimum requirement for Mac OS X, Apple is beginning to > >> include 512MB on more Macs (and Mac OS X, in my experience, runs very > >> noticeably "snappier" with 512 vs. 256). > >> > >> Preemptively, I note: I'm not suggesting, with the preceding, that > >> you can't do just fine on a machine equipped with 256MB RAM if your > >> needs are modest...but 256MB certainly ain't what it used to be. > >> > >> Joe > >> > >> > > > > > > >
