I am sure you did not mean for your message to sound as agressive and patronising as it did, so I am just going to pretend I did not see it. Naama On 25 Jun 2011, at 20:33, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote:
> Naama, > > so you are advocating more RAM to a basic user with minimal requirements, on > the bases that your usage benefited from an increase in RAM, when by your own > statement, your usage is not normal or minimal. you are doing a lot with > audio, this is not a usual usage pattern, granted the Mac is easily capable > of it, but I doubt that most users are doing what you are. > > the key to the response for the person originally asking, is what they're > needs are, they've not mentioned audio editing etc. thus we as responsible > respondents should not be bringing that aspect into the mix, it just serves > to confuse. > > > 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 17:39, Naama Shang wrote: > > Hi, > I do quite a bit on my machine, especially in audio. I am learning the macand > plan to do all my audio work on it. > Naama > On 25 Jun 2011, at 19:28, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > >> Naama, >> >> you say you upgraded your iMac, and you are pleased with the results, how >> much did you have in the past, what speed of RAM, which Mac do you have, >> what bus speed, what processor, how fast was the spin speed on your hard >> drive, what cache level etc. >> >> you are implying that the pure RAM improvement made this difference, but the >> implication is that you had a perfect machine and that the RAM slowed things >> down, you may have had a lesser machine, and the RAM made things better for >> you. >> >> I'm not saying that you did not notice a benefit, but I'm saying that you >> likely would have noted one no matter what component you upgraded. >> >> what I am saying is that on a 2010 or even 2009 model Mac, with a good >> specification all round, the difference in performance from 4Gb RAM to >> anything above, will not be noticed by the average user whatsoever. >> >> >> 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 13:58, Naama Shang wrote: >> >> I upgraded my iMac to 8gigs of ram and I am not sorry in the learst. >> Ram, compared to other things,is relatively inexpensive, and the results are >> well worth it. >> Naama >> On 25 Jun 2011, at 08:48, CJ Daniel wrote: >> >>> Kliff, >>> >>> I was a programmer for years, starting back in the mid-80's. I got my >>> first PC in, about, '90 or '91, when we were all using DOS 3.5. I've gone >>> through all the successions. I.E. various versions of DOS, Windows 3.1, >>> '95, '98 SE, ME, XP, Vista & now Apple Mac. I suppose there can come a >>> time when a user is buying more memory than they really need. But, through >>> out all of those experiences, the rule-of-thumb where memory was concerned, >>> especially for those users who were adding the huge overhead of screen >>> reading technology, was, "the more the merrier." In fact, my understanding >>> for the new OS upgrade called Lion is that you need @ least 2GB to run it. >>> I'm looking @ upgrading my 2 Gigs to as much as Little Mama will hold. My >>> advice is, shove as much as you can in there & just enjoy the results. >>> >>> CJ >>> >>> >>> On Jun 24, 2011, at 9:24 PM, 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 compatable 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 editting. >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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. 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