Is there any reason you would need a gig of RAM?
I didn't catch the begining of this post either as i'm a new subscriber to the list. but as far as having any reason for a gig of ram: because I could and I did? Along with a sonnet 500/1m and a ata133 w/ two 60 gig drives, and I couldn't be happier, especially now that I've also managed to get 9.2.2 to run flawless on this 8600. It's so nice to be able to open and use multiple programs at the same time, Work with Large photoshop files - ya know the ones that make the really good quality images.I remember limping along on a 7100 w/ 136 ram and if I opened two 6 meg images at a time the machine froze. Incidently, everything in the 8600 cost me less than half of what It did for a single 16 meg simms for the 7100 back in '95. You should see what a gig does for quicktime playback & editing. I spent tonight continuing to transfer my old LP's to Cd using felt tip sound studio and the only "slow" thing about it was waiting for the songs to finish - ha- I remember doing this on my 6400/200 and saving the aiff files would take 10 mins each (136 ram and ram doubler maxed to 240) - on the 8600 it takes all of ten seconds. But lets face it, ram only has a marginal effect on "speed" (like if you don't have enough) the real limiting factor is the bus speed. And the best way is to get higher bus speed is to go and buy a new machine. Personally, I had to look at what it was exactly that I was trying to do with these machines and if what I had was adequate for my needs (primarily my photo bussiness). I think they are now. I recently had the good fortune of finding a g3/dt with maxed ram and an ati rage card (keyboard,mouse, mic, etc) at the salvation army near my house for a grand total of only $10. yes, TEN dollars. (the counter lady told me it had an apple on it so it just couldn't be worth anything - ha ) took it home, plugged it in and (viola!) it booted into 9.2.2 flawless. Now i've got the OSX itch. But ya know,this whole discussion reminds me of what my father use to say when I would ask HIM why he was doing something. He'd just look at me kinda strange and say,"Tommy, do you know WHY moses really climbed the mountain?"............ >> 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 > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
