On 2/16/03 19:54, "SVEN AERTS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No, nothing in apple system profiler, or am I not looking well?
> but
> http://www.apple-history.com/frames/?
> Learns me:
> That my iBook has VRAM: 8 MB
> Ah, and I also notice these other RAM's:
> Mininum RAM Speed: 133 Mhz
> Onboard RAM: 128 MB
>
> Let me now have a look at the Clamshell
> Ibook P1 (300Mhz): VRAM: 4 MB, surprisingly: Maximum RAM: 288/320 MB ... So
> those 512 dont fit ?
> iBook SE (366Mhz) : VRAM: 4 MB Maximum RAM: 288/320 MB
>
> What's the recommended powerconfig for OSX?
Well, first, you cannot change the video ram. It's soldered on the video
card. 8 MB is not enough for Quartz Extreme, and that's one of the reasons
why things are slow. It explains why the same Mac is much faster under OS 9.
As for the total RAM, 128 is not much - if you can double it, things will go
much faster. You are probably using a couple of swap files - or more - which
slows things down a lot. My old clamshell iBook had 320 MB, and it was still
relatively slow in basic operations and screen redraws.
Kirk
Author of: Unix for Mac OS X: Learning the Command Line (Sept. 2003)
Author of: Switch! Mac OS X for Former Windows Users (July 2003)
Co-author of: Macworld Mac Upgrade and Repair Bible (April 2003)
Co-author of: Microsoft Office v. X Inside Out
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