Zante Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Hey all, This may be a stupid question but I've noticed OS X gets a bit choppy with lots of stuff running. More so than windows did. I have 1GB of RAM I was just wondering if it would be recommended that I up that to 2GB. I'm not really familiar with how hungry OS X is for RAM. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22997-more-ram/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taruga Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 I´m running OS X with 2GB, it depends of the use you do. I always have a lot of programs open, and with 2GB I usualy have only 400 /600 MB free. But it gives me more multitasking power than windows, I do a lot of video conversion and dvd recording and it doesn´t stall as windows do with me. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22997-more-ram/#findComment-152253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwprod12 Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Maybe I'm way off base here, but lately I've been having a lot of choppiness in OS X. I think it has to do with the fact that my system volume has very little free space left to it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22997-more-ram/#findComment-152259 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonkoala Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 My laptop had 256mb - painfully slow under both XP and OS X. An upgrade to 768mb provided a healthy responsive system. I think if you already have 1gb you probably won't notice much increase other than under Video editing programs and the such. Less than 512mb seems to be noticeably slow. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22997-more-ram/#findComment-152267 Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin1976 Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 I´m running OS X with 2GB, it depends of the use you do. I always have a lot of programs open, and with 2GB I usualy have only 400 /600 MB free. But it gives me more multitasking power than windows, I do a lot of video conversion and dvd recording and it doesn´t stall as windows do with me. Do you use Universal Binary applications or Rosetta? I ask 'cause my Rosetta's applications really suck. I got rid of them and I'm only using UB right now and I haven't had any problems. Basically, what are you using for video editing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22997-more-ram/#findComment-152952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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