I have to agree with Neil here. I have been using computers and various operating systems for over 20 years. I have 4Gb of ram in my MacBook and find this is more than adequate for the tasks I perform. I do a bit more than e-mail, browsing, etc.; however, even running virtual machines, the 4Gb has met my needs. THere truly is a balance between CPU, ram, and all the other components that has to be considered. So, do a true needs assessment before just running out and purchasing more ram. In fact spend some time looking at Activity Monitor, which can be found in /Applications/Utilities. If you take time to really understand the data Activity MOnitor provides, you can get a really good handle on your needs for ram etc.
Scott On Jun 25, 2011, at 3:18 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > you are being stone walled, I run a major internet hosting operation, it > comes down to what are you doing with your machine? if you are doing basic > word processing, spread sheets, e-mail, internet, the usual things, iTunes > etc etc. then 4Gb is more than enough. > > yes, if you are going to start loading multiple voice synth files in, then > you may wish to look at more, but assuming you opt for one, Alex, the basic > Apple voice, which is very good and fine for 99% of users. then 4Gb is more > than enough. > > things like Pages, Numbers, Safari and Mail the four key players of apps, oh > and iTunes all use tiny amounts of RAM in real terms, so you are quite > literally paying for the RAM to sit there and do nothing. > > this business of the more the merrier, you're the one who is going to be > forking out for all this unutalized RAM, I'm really, very serious about this > over purchase, its just not necessary, you will hand on heart notice > absolutely no difference whatsoever, and anyone thinking you will just > doesn't understand how these things are really put together. its an old wives > tail. > > true in the days when we had 8Mb hard drives and when my cache level on my > current machine would make my machine's RAM even 10 years ago, go green with > envy, but this is the 21st century, technology is so very much more than the > RAM in the machine. > > save your money, don't forget, you can always easily upgrade RAM later. > > put it in one final other way, we have some 76,000 servers running, roughly, > most of these have between 16Gb and 64Gb of RAM, but these are handling > hundreds of clients at any one time, and serving up web pages and e-mail to > millions. > > the most strenuous task you are going to do is to ask your machine to tab > between several running applications at the same time, and 4Gb of RAM is more > than enough to achieve this at far higher speeds than your fingers can press > the buttons to achieve the goal. > > I've said my bit, more than my bit, this is not so much a twopence worth, as > more my wealth of experience and knowledge in this industry, you are wasting > your money over 4Gb, do not buy less though. > > *Note*, this is advice aimed at regular users, if you are about to start > mixing up the decks, or creating your very own commercial home movies, then > lets re-think, but Minister Miller, assuming this is a divinity related > title, if the most you are doing is the odd e-mail, the odd Surinam for > Sunday service, and a like, then seriously, 4Gb... hum, on second thoughts, > is God on WiFi, you might need an extra WiFi base station... :) grin. > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - [email protected] > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > > > On 25 Jun 2011, at 05:24, Kliph&Sharrie wrote: > > Okay, I am still on a few windows screen readers lists, since I teach a few > basic classes about JFW and know a lot about the windows side of things. > Anyways, someone said on this list that the average blind user needs no more > than 4 gigs of ram, at best anything over 8 would be a waste. I'm no exburt, > but I have done a little research, and googling and have found that the more > ram you have, the smoother your system will run, mac or PC. This person seem > to think even if you had a fast processor, that spending money on ram was a > waste. Now I will admitt, that apple is a little pricy when it comes to ram, > but there are third party sellers out there with compatible memory for just > about any system. Thoughts? Oh, 1 more thing this person said, that the > only way more than 4 gigs would be necessary is if you were doing some high > quality video or audio editing. 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