on 09/11/02 16:32, Justin at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > there is no such thing as too much ram. > > ok, exception being the sleep "issue" with 1gig...which i understand > isnt an issue unless swapping batteries while working? ive personally > never done that before......so it surely wouldnt be an issue for me, > and the performance benefit would definitely out-weigh the negative in > that situation. > > -J > > On Saturday, November 9, 2002, at 02:51 PM, John Beringer wrote: > >> Hmmm, >> This makes me wonder whether they'd be any benefit to equiping our pb >> 333 >> (bronze) with more than its spec 384MB or RAM. Anyone have any >> feelings on >> this? >> >> JB >> >> >> On 11/9/02 9:49, "Laurent Daudelin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> on 09/11/02 11:53, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Memory upgrade for G3 series Wallstreet. Max memory, specs say 192. >>>> It seems >>>> that I've read up to 500 + or - megs. Installation. Apple reccomens >>>> service >>>> center install on lower bank. Comments please. >>> >>> You can go much higher than 192. 192 was based by Apple on what >>> memory was >>> available when the Wallstreet was introduced. You can go up to 1 GB, >>> but I >>> would suggest 512, so if you ever need to swap batteries when no >>> power is >>> available, the backup battery will be able to keep your Wallstreet >>> sleeping, >>> which wouldn't be the case with 1 GB of RAM. >>> >>> Just my personal take... >>> >>> -Laurent.
The issue is that if you put the computer to sleep (which you have to do if you need to swap batteries while *NOT* running on AC power), then the rechargeable backup battery that keeps the PRAM content will keep the content of RAM while you swap batteries. If you have more than 512 MB, from what I've read, then the backup battery doesn't have enough power to maintain the content of RAM, thus you loose everything in RAM and has to reboot. That could be particularly bitter if you squeeze all the juice in the battery until the computer forces a sleep to maintain the content of RAM. In such situation, if no AC power is available, you would not be able to wake up the computer to save any opened document and do a clean shutdown. If you know in advance that this is never going to happen to you, then more memory certainly doesn't hurt! -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/RV: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:laurent.daudelin@;verizon.net cargo cult programming n.: A style of (incompetent) programming dominated by ritual inclusion of code or program structures that serve no real purpose. A cargo cult programmer will usually explain the extra code as a way of working around some bug encountered in the past, but usually neither the bug nor the reason the code apparently avoided the bug was ever fully understood (compare shotgun debugging, voodoo programming). -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
