Memmmmory…

Sunday, February 20, 2005

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I’ve been working on some freelance illustration and font-design this weekend, and a bout of computer frustration just led to another sudden impulse buy (which would be far less frequent if the nearest Apple retailer wasn’t two blocks from my house).

I finally upped the RAM on my machine from its default 256 Megs to a nice whopping Gigabyte. However, once I installed the two sticks of RAM, my system profiler says I have 2 Gigs of RAM.  Did the salesperson inadvertantly give me twice the RAM for my money or is my system just reporting it wrong?

Either way I’m not complaining.  I’ve never had a computer run this smoothly.  It’s like having lived with extreme sinus congestion for years and finally being able to breathe!

I love Apple as much as the next geek, but they seriously need to reconsider how much default RAM they install on their machines.

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Comments

2-20-05 · 6:51 pm

Alex Rain says:

What is your hardware specs by the way?
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2-20-05 · 7:00 pm

Robot Johnny says:

1.6 GHz G5 (single processor)

2-20-05 · 10:35 pm

Eva says:

Ahhh...memory… I need that too. Both for my computer and for my head.

2-21-05 · 12:47 am

MrBlank says:

Good job with the RAM purchace. 256 is just enough to run the OS let alone Photoshop and other stuff. Apple needs to seriously bump up the RAM in their machines.

It’s a good thing they gave you double the RAM! Apple really overcharges on RAM. If you need RAM check out http://www.crucial.com. Always a better deal over what Apple charges. My PowerBook loved the extra 512 megs I threw in. smile

2-21-05 · 11:59 am

Michael Nobbs says:

(Also in geek mode)

Agreed. I ordered 512Mb with my gorgeous new iMac G5 (smug smile) thinking I could always buy some more cheaply a little later. So far though everything is so much faster than my G4 Powerbook (1 Ghz with 768 Mb RAM) that I’m not sure I’ll need to.  Of course my need for speed may change that sometime soon

2-21-05 · 8:12 pm

Kat says:

You could check your motherboard specs to see what the maximum RAM allowable is on your machine. Then you would know if the display is giving you the right amount or not.