Comments on: RAM is all you need

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 06 Jun 2005 05:46:07 +0000

I got my 12″ powerbook with 256MB…then bought another 512MB (not from apple, that would have cost a fortune) for around $120. Since the 256 megs were practically used up anytime I started a program, the upgrade to 768MB saw a major speed increase. My old 800mhz P3, 512MB Dell laptop runs slower than molasses in January. I think it may have to do with the full hard drive.

Running XP on 64 MB is insane. Running it on 256 is borderline; 512 is probably fine for most people; 1024+ if your a power user.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 04:05:36 +0000

I want RAM. But then, I’m not a graphics/web design nut the way you are… so I guess I can wait.

By: Tristan

Tristan — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:00:16 +0000

$100 isn’t bad for laptop ram with installation I guess. I got the gigabyte for $220 from Crucial; fortunately, work paid for it — I’m running this gigantic dev environment — a Oracle 9i driven Java+Jakarta+Tomcat+Apache+JSP app that takes up a ridiculous amount of memory.

Right now I only have 85 MB free! It’s crazy.

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:09:43 +0000

I know, indeed I’d like to get a 1GB stick for my Powerbook. Unfortunately in Italy RAM is so expensive!

By: Chet

Chet — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:04:53 +0000

My grandpa went to BestBuy with his wife’s laptop, and they installed 256m on it for $100. I think that was pretty steep, but I guess if you include labor…I told him I could have installed it free. Oh well. He says the performance boost is incredible. I think they had 64m before…