That sounds like a problem with disk io, not a lack of ram. Problem is, if there is one fairly technical computer word that consumers are aware of, its ram, so shops / people who don't really know what they're talking about suggest a ram upgrade for everything. I would be willing to put money on the problem going away or not happening as much if you went from a 5400RPM drive to a 7200RPM or an SSD, assuming we're talking about a laptop.
On 25/06/2011, CJ Daniel <cj.bear.dan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Really, > > Have you tried looking through the hundreds of templates in the opening > screen of Pages? Every time you arrow to another template image there are > moments of "Pages Busy," while the VoiceOver tries to process the info. > And, I've got two gigs of ram. Disagree wholeheartedly. The more ram, the > faster your screen reader will respond. That's always been my experience, > despite what the tech's say. > > CJ > > > On Jun 25, 2011, at 12:18 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: - serv...@talknav.com >> 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. >> What do you all think or know about these numbers and comments? >> >> Sent from Minister Miller's IPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
