The differences in RAM wont be noticed by the naked eye, for the most part, unless you are gaming, but the computer will notice it because the processor wont have as many divided programs comming to it, and your HD will love you for it because it wont be jumping around as much while using VM. So more RAM is always a good idea.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:56 AM, Amanda Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > > On Jan 9, 2009, at 2:55 PM, Jim Scott wrote: > >> Yes, assuming Amanda's is a new Intel iMac, which her comments >> indicated to me, it will not be able to boot from any version of OS >> 10.4. >> >> However, my Intel iMac, which was bought new in October 2007, shipped >> with OS 10.4.10 installed. And because it shipped the very day, Oct. >> 26, Leopard was introduced, a copy of Mac OS X Leopard "CPU Drop-in >> DVD" was included in the box. So, Amanda, if you're reading this and >> want to trade for an Intel iMac that will boot both 10.4.10 and >> 10.5.6, let's talk. Heh-heh. :^) >> >> Jim > > Yeah, it's one of the new ones and came with Leopard. > The migration assistant seemed to transfer most of the things I > wanted, however my Adobe apps complain about being moved and require a > "permissions change" before starting up!? They work okay, just need an > extra step (or two) to get going. > > I upgraded the ram to 4 GB. Fry's had a Crucial ram kit for $44.95. To > be honest, I don't see much difference, but I haven't really had a lot > of things going on yet. I ran xbench before and after and that noted > some improvements in performance. My s...@home client seems to be > cranking out workunits a little faster... of course that may just be > my perception because with more ram it simply =must= be working > better!!! ;-) > > I have to say, it's an excellent machine and I'm glad I took the > plunge. My only complaint, and it's a small one, is the placement of > the optical drive slot. It's just a little hard to find without > leaning way over to see it. Still... I don't see how they could have > done it any differently. > > Amanda > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
