How well does Lion run on 4GB?

[xTRIGGER092x]

I know the minimum requirement is 2GB, but I've heard that it doesn't run too smooth even on 4GB. Is that true?

 

[MacManiac76]

Lion runs fine on 4 GB of RAM. Again it will depend somewhat on which apps you are running and how many apps you have open at a given time, but overall it runs fine on 4 GB.

 

[HiFiGuy528]

I was getting spinning beach ball a lot more after upgrading my 2010 MacBook Pro with 6GB of RAM to Lion. I wasn't getting any prior to Lion. I added another 2GB today (8GB total), no more beach ball.

 

[Serpent12]

i got a 4GB memory and up until now it runs smooth..

 

[kyle1320]

Well just earlier today I was running 5 Xcode windows, iPhone simulator, 3 Photoshop projects, 8 tabs in Safari and PandoraJam, and I would get the beach ball occasionally. Runs pretty well on my 2011 13" MBP with 4GB of RAM.

 

[btbrossard]

i got a 4GB memory and up until now it runs smooth..

Same here. 4GB of ram in a 2010 Mac mini. Runs fine.