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RAM Advice for iMac

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pjcurtin08

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Dec 6, 2008
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Hello
I have a 2.4 ghz Intel core 2 duo iMac from early 2008 with 2gb
of ram installed. I purchased the computer new from apple in early 2009. I have noticed that the system is generally slower. Will upgrading to 4gb 2x2gb increase performance? Also, which brand is better Kingston or
crucial?
Thanks
 
pjcurtin08 said:
Hello
I have a 2.4 ghz Intel core 2 duo iMac from early 2008 with 2gb
of ram installed. I purchased the computer new from apple in early 2009. I have noticed that the system is generally slower. Will upgrading to 4gb 2x2gb increase performance? Also, which brand is better Kingston or
crucial?
Thanks
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I just upgraded my kids imac (2.16 core 2 duo, I think a year earlier than yours) from 2gb to 4gb.

Honestly I'm disappointed in the difference - it's minimal at best.

When I bought my original mac pro it came with 2gb and I want to 4 and it was a HUGE difference in speed, so I was expecting the same.

I think the difference is my imac hard drive is so slow that I'm still typically waiting on something to load anyway.

It was cheap, so the downside was minimal.

Of course it depends on what you're using - my kids run browser, email, and some photoshop elements. The main reason I bought it was they all tend to stay logged in and fast user swtich so I figured it might help with multiple users logged in at once.

FWIW.
 
In general, upgrading the RAM is the cheapest way to milk more repsonsiveness out of a system. As the previous post pointed out, there can be other factors slowing your system down, but if I recall, that ram is less than $100 so it's worth doing.
 
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