Anyone running Leopard with 512MB RAM??

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anti-microsoft

macrumors 68000

Original poster

• Feb 14, 2008

• #1

If so, do you find it slow? And again, If so, Should I upgrade my RAM first or after upgrading to Leopard?

 

GimmeSlack12

macrumors 603

• Feb 14, 2008

• #2

What computer are you using! I would say 512 is not enough for Tiger even. Get 2gigs (at least) and forget about it.

 

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acxz

macrumors regular

• Feb 14, 2008

• #3

Put simply, it doesn't work. Trying to work in Leopard while running Vista in VMW Fusion as it uses 1.5 of my 2GB of RAM is like wading through an ocean of treacle. Don't even attempt it without adding more RAM (which you should be doing anyway as it's so damn cheap at the moment).

 

one1

macrumors 65816

• Feb 14, 2008

• #4

With a little smart shopping you can bump your machine to 2 gigs of ram for less than the price of a fill up of petrol. You can't argue with that for value.

 

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anti-microsoft

macrumors 68000

Original poster

• Feb 14, 2008

• #5

I'm running a Rev A 1.83GHz MacBook with a 60GB HD and 512MB RAM, I think I'll buy the Ram first (I'll max it out at 2GB) then I'll consider leopard!

Thanks guys!

AMS

 

brn2ski00

macrumors 68020

• Feb 14, 2008

• #6

My wife sure is! I put it on her iBook G4 (1.33Mhz, 512MB) and it works fine. Granted she doesn't do anything processor intensive, but it still works fine. Safari is snappy enough and iTunes works great.

However, I have been meaning to upgrade the RAM on that machine.

 

wordmunger

macrumors 603

• Feb 14, 2008

• #7

Okay, if not 512 MB, then how about 768 MB? I've got an iBook G4 that's currently running Panther. I don't really want to upgrade the hardware but I've got a family pack so I could upgrade the OS. Everything works fine except I get kernel panics every couple days.

Oh, and my son is actually running Leopard on a core solo mini with 512 MB. It's slow, but it works.

 

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anti-microsoft

macrumors 68000

Original poster

• Feb 14, 2008

• #8

I Think I've changed my mind now😀😀!!!

I'm going to buy leopard first. THEN if I find it slow I'll buy more ram... as one1 said:

you can bump your machine to 2 gigs of ram for less than the price of a fill up of petrol. You can't argue with that for value.

Click to expand...

And he's exactly right! 40€ for 2GB is a great bargin I think!

 

brn2ski00

macrumors 68020

• Feb 14, 2008

• #9

Thats a good idea... test it out first and then see how everything runs. If you need more RAM, just go to Crucial.com and order it!

Good Luck!

 

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unity

macrumors 6502a

• Feb 14, 2008

• #10

Leopard and 256MB of ram 🙂 Ya, its needs more but works well.