Barry, You are right: it's not too late to install additional RAM in my machine. I do plan to keep the machine for awhile.
I have two 256MB modules installed. I'll investigate the price differential for one as compared with two 512MB modules. Thanks for addressing my misconception. Best regards, Anthony ** ** ** On 5/4/05 2:45 AM, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to Apple, 256 is the absolute minimum to run OS X. MS also state > 256 as the minimum system requirement for Office 2004. > > However, I would hate to try and run either OS X or Office in that little > ram. The smallest _practical_ configuration would be 512mb. Even that would > be slow. Put in 768mb or 1gb and you will see a dramatic improvement in > performance. > > Why is it too late to add ram to the iMac? It's still available. You need > 168pin DIMM PC100 SDRAM - a 512mb chip will cost about �50 in the UK - not > sure how much cheaper you would get it over there (price based on PC133 > memory which is now cheaper, but will work just as well). > > The 600MHz iMac has 2 ram slots, each can take a 512Mb chip to give you 1Gb > total. Depending on what you already have installed, buying one 512chip will > either give you 640mb or 768mb (depends whether your existing 256 is in one > chip or two). For �50, this will be a huge improvement and will make the > iMac quite useable with Office 2004. My wife is using Office on an older > 350Mhz iMac, with 768mb RAM, and it's quite useable still. > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
