You mention running Final Cut 7. Not to tell you your business, but you should use a scratch disk and data disk that is not the boot OS drive. Just a thot. The extra RAM for FC is probably a good idea.
Bob On May 11, 2012, at 3:10 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > too late. I took the red pill. I know it's his job to sell ram, but he had > good advice, imho. > > Hey, it didn't cost that much, and if it helps PT HD and Final Cut 7, I'm > really ok with that. > > The big question is - this machine was running far better when I installed > Lion a few months ago than now. Software that changes. > > In the olden OS9 days, '*defragmenting*' the drive usually helped a lot but > I don't see anything recommending that with OSX. Surely that still happens > as files are created and destroyed. > > sqb > > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Peter Haworth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco Ca. USA > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > _______________________________________________ > 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
