On Thursday, 10 October 2013 12:21:12 UTC+1, mac98aop wrote: > … I watch the price using dashboard widget from Crucial … >
Never heard of it, and I can't easily find it … got a link handy? Thanks. … for my usage (no video editing!) whether I'd notice the difference of > maxing out at 16, or if 8 would suffice? … If you plan to never push the laptop hard, then 16 GB could be excessive. A 2011 model … do you imagine using it until 2016? Or less than five years? What's the model identifier? You'll get this from System Information. Hard disk drive, or solid state? If it's a hard disk, what speed? When the Mac is next at its busiest, run this command in Terminal: ls -hlrtU /private/var/vm/swap* – then paste the output to this topic. It's not the most scientific way of measuring memory usage, but it'll give me a rough idea of how memory and swap files are used. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
