Perhaps such things can be quantified in specific situations but it is hard to do so in general. My own experience is that since I went 500+ I have almost no freezes and do not have to be continually watching memory. Stability increases. The Mac is not perfect (unsurprisingly) and has faults in memory management (when you quit apps, the RAM is not normally always *completely* available again without restart or special procedures (One such, I used a lot is Finder's Friend to quit the finder and "clear" or "defrag" the RAM).
You want something general, lawlike? How about: "All increases of RAM (up to at least ~~ 800) are worth it" Get it up to 512 and interleave as much as pos. Ram is cheap now... David Elmo > Subject: [PCI] PowerMac 7300/180 - Adding RAM Memory ? > From: MacAddictvja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Is there any difference with the RAM memory for an old PowerMac 7300/180? > What would you recommend? > > I presently have 200MB of RAM, but would like to add more. I'm also > wondering just how much RAM should I add? And what kind of performance > increase can I expect from the extra RAM? > vjamacaddict -- 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
