I think it's gonna be dependant on what apps you are running. Stephen mentioned he's running Pro Tools HD and that uses a LOT of RAM. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Tim Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Uhhh - that sounds fishy. I run a stable of Lion-based (and a couple of > ML-based tester) Mac Pro's with 4GB each and they run everything that I > throw at them, so your "memory expert" sounds like he's trying to sell you > more RAM (and that IS his job...). > > The only systems that I've bumped to 8GB and 16GB are a pair of VMWare > test platforms and our video editing monster (8 procs, 16GB). > > I really suspect that throwing more RAM at this isn't going to be your > answer. > > Tim > > On May 11, 2012, at 2:12 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > > > thanks Scott. I'll do that, > > > > UPDATE > > > > I'm really not happy to completely reinstall here, I don't think that > will fix things permanently. > > I gave a call to my favorite RAM company RAMJET, and their memory expert > told me that the Mac Pro on Lion REALLY needs more than the 6 stock gigs > installed (!) and suggested I get a 3-stick upgrade of 4 gb modules to get > up to 15 gigs, so I ordered them and we'll see how that works out. I will > never fully understand memory math and why these have to work in threes - > (is it the 64 bits?) -- currently there are 6 1 gig sticks, with two open > slots. I will lose one of the 1 gig sticks, so the total goes to 15g. > > > > William Gibson had no idea about how astronomical ram size would go. > None of us did. > > > > I will report back > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
