Another 1GB RAM really helped PB

[PBG4]

i just put in a 1 gig into mine, so now my powerbook is 1.5 gig..
just wondering the order i put in the slot would make any difference?
slot 0 i put the 1 gig, and slot 1 i put in the factory 512... is that good?

 

[surroundfan]

Is there a significant improvement going from 1GB to 1.5GB?

I have a 17" Powerbook on order and am pondering whether to add 512MB or 1GB in addition to the 512MB it ships with. My observations of my folks' iMac is that 1GB will probably be enough for what I want to do (internet, Word, instant messaging, video playback, iTunes), but if there's a compelling reason to add more, I'd be interested to know.

(Also, as an aside, is Corsair ValueRam okay in Powerbooks - I've read of Kingston RAM causing kernal panics etc.)

 

[Deepdale]

My observations of my folks' iMac is that 1GB will probably be enough for what I want to do ...

The three golden rules seem to be that one can never be too rich, too thin or have too much RAM, but for your usage the I GB will serve you very well.

 

[Vasileios]

1.5 GB at the NEW powerbook 15'

I upgraded my powerbook ram from 512 to 1.5GB
I used a corsair 1GB stick... and the perfomance is raised sooooooo much.
With the 512Mb the powerbook seemed to stack then i opened dreamweaver, iTunes, Safari, MsN and photoshop all together... now everything is ok!!!

 

[ITASOR]

Ahhhhhhh you guys are making me want to order a 1GB stick for my iBook right now to bring it to 1.5GB. It's expensive though and I just bought all sorts of Apple stuff....

 

[Lacero]

My PowerBook has the stock 256MB RAM plus an additional 512MB RAM. Not sure if it's worth it to swap out for a 1GB RAM module since the PB is already 18 months old and the Intel Apple laptops are on the horizon, which uses new RAM types. I can only run 3-4 apps smoothly before I start getting slowdowns. I run pretty big apps like FCP and Photoshop.

I hope Apple makes 1 GB standard.

Here's to the Crazy Ones ​

 

[Will Cheyney]

My Mac shipped with 1GB of RAM, so I bought another gig separately (as the memory from Apple is way too pricey). The difference was noticeable.
Soon after I bought another 2GB - just for the hell of it. Now working with a total of 4GB RAM

 

[Clix Pix]

I'm a firm believer in having as much RAM as possible, both for the present and for the future, as software requirements tend to change as new versions come out and most generally more RAM is needed. Been through that over the years with various Windoze machines. When I bought my iMac, before I even left the store I had Apple install more RAM to max out the memory, and then when I ordered my PB BTO I again maxed out the RAM. Yes, it cost me more to have Apple do it, but in the first instance because it was my first Mac I was a bit uncertain about opening it up and monkeying with the innards, and in the second instance because this was a new revision of the PB the Apple store didn't yet have the right memory chips for it. I was ordering BTO in order to get the 7200 rpm hard drive, so had the RAM added right then and there. Probably the next time I buy a Mac I'll save myself a bit of money on the RAM and order memory chips from a source other than Apple and stick it in myself.

A friend just got a second-hand computer and when I was setting it up for her right away we realized that the amount of RAM in it -- 512 MB -- was barely adequate, especially when we installed AOL v. 9 (Ugh. Eventually the family will be going to DSL and a "real" ISP, but in the meantime.... AOL it is. Yuck! Wow, is that software a memory hog! Between XP and AOL, there's not a lot of extra RAM space). So last night I went over to Microcenter and picked up another 512 MB RAM; on Sunday will be opening up the box and sticking that in for her... and here I thought my days of tinkering with Windoze machines were over!

OTB

 

[MRU]

My friends have a dual 2.5 G5 but have not upgraded from the stock 512mb since they got the machine over a year ago, whereas I have just bumped my ram to 3gig (from 2.5) on a dual 1.8 G5 and yet my mate just cant seem to understand the reason my mac is generally quicker is down to memory not clock speed. It annoy's me as i'd love to swap my 1.8 for his 2.5 (as long as I kept my extra ram)