Hi, My machine here that I am using onoly supports up to 2 gb of ram. Hope to have a new mnachine before long though.
On Jan 27, 2013, at 9:20 PM, Randy George wrote: > I have eight on my MacBook Pro and love it. Combine that with a TB hard > drive, and all runs smoothly. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 27, 2013, at 8:30 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Since I got my Mac in August of 2011 it has had 2gb of ram, and I didn't use >> it for a year because it was so slow. Finally, in May of 2012, I bit the >> bullet and got an adapter so I could hook up a screen, and that helped. By >> August I had switched to the mac as my primary machine, and I was feeling >> the pinch; if I used three apps I was okay, but switch to a fourth and >> things would slow down, or even switch to a new tab or window in an open app >> and I would get busy messages with much grinding of my poor hard drive. I >> was getting more and more frustrated, especially after I started playing >> with resource hogs like Garageband and Xcode. >> >> Last week I bit another bullet and got myself 8gb of ram from Newegg.com. It >> arrived yesterday and I installed it in my mini; the only sighted help I >> needed was getting the plastic cover back over the Mini's access port, but I >> think I could have gotten it myself with more patience. To be fair, though, >> I have experience swapping out ram modules, so if you've never done this >> please find someone who has (and has done it successfully) to give you a >> hand. The mini's ram slots offer themselves up at an angle, and it is weird >> to figure out at first. >> >> Anyway, I've now used this ram for a little while (I got home only an hour >> or so ago) and all I can say is.. WOW! Everything is snappy, there's no lag >> in switching Safari tabs or moving between open programs, and even my "say >> time" command is now almost immediate instead of taking the five seconds it >> used to. I have not yet run a full memory test on the new ram sticks, but >> only because Apple Hardware Test failed to pick up my wifi network >> (apparently some routers block access to computers running in diagnostic >> mode). So, I am still nervous when using the mac, waiting for something to >> crash or explode, but I'll test the ram as soon as I can so I can breathe >> easier. Bottom line though: if you have 2gb of ram like I did and your >> machine is able to accept user-replaced ram, treat yourself to 8gb (4gb was >> not much cheaper, and 8gb was the better buy). You will not regret it. Now, >> if anyone can tell me how to use my wifi with AHT, and/or boot into >> Single-user mode so I can run a memory test, I'd be home free! >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> 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]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > 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]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
