> Is there any reason you would need a gig of RAM?
> Unless you're trying to simulate the weather or
> design nuclear weapons, it's hard to imagine how
> you'd make use of so much RAM. I've got 448 MB in
> my main machine, and I haven't figured out a useful
> way to come close to using it all.
Well... I didn't catch the earlier parts of this
thread, so I don't know what that particular person
uses their Mac for, but... here's a sample everyday
memory usage that an average person like myself might
use:
- Photoshop: 500 MB
(to keep from using slo-o-w-w scratch on
larger images, etc)
- Painter: 100 MB
- QuickNailer (an older image cataloging app): 120 MB
(so I can display 500-image catalogs at a larger
size, if necessary, to see what's in them
without having to open each picture)
- BBEdit: a mere 7 MB (but it uses more, as required,
drawing directly from System memory which I don't
like, but that's the way that version of BBEdit
does things)
- A handful of mostly-older HTML browsers for checking code
as it's written (offline) - total about 30 MB
...that's just the basics. And I'm not a pro, either;
I just like to play with graphics - I can easily see
how other more serious-level people might need even
*more* memory than that... bear in mind that this is
coming from someone (me) who previously struggled with
a 136-MB-limit machine - so I *really* appreciate the
extra memory, now - no more having to quit Photoshop
to go mess around in Painter, and vice-versa.
It's nice to be able to run more than one thing at once.
It's also useful to be able to have several larger
image files open at the same time, etc.
(I didn't list any audio stuff above, because I always
run audio-editing apps by themselves (other stuff
closed), so that doesn't count)
Anyway, with regard to graphics (even for hobbyists
and the like), I don't think it's *possible* to have
too much memory :)
- JMarie
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