On Apr 21, 2010, at 6:03 PM, Peter Kim wrote: > 1GB of ram should be fine. If you want to upgrade, I wouldn't buy more than > 2GB. For this MacBook, even heavy Photoshop use sees negligible improvement > with more than 2GB installed. The MacBooks I see with 1GB are fine until > there are multiple windows, each with Flash videos and other photo apps > running. > > >> On Apr 21, 2010 6:22 PM, "John Carmonne" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi All >> >> I just got a super deal on a real cream puff Apple MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.0 >> 13" late 2006. It's for a friend on her 8th grade graduation (that's what >> they call it now days) >> It has a 120 HDD and 1 GB Ram. I'm going to keep 10.5,8 on it because it >> will be able to run some PPC stuff they have in school. I'm wondering if 1 >> GB RAM is OK it'll take 3 but is it really necessary for a first Mac until >> she gets into maybe other applications that didn't come with it? Instead of >> the stuff it will do with more RAM what major drawbacks are there without it. >> >> John Carmonne >> Yorba Linda USA >> Sent from my MBP >>
Sounds great to me. saves enough to buy a little Time Machine drive. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
