Reasonable Amount of RAM in Mac Pro

[netnothing]

Ahh delivery received. Installing all the apps now to get a real sense of working performance. Kyre, congrats on your macpro. And yes, I do remember the days when 512 was considered overkill. Didn't stop me from having a 512 machine though. That was back in 2000. All I did was game on it all day. This Macpro however is a serious working machine. I've reserved a batch of photos taken earlier this week. Can't wait to give RAW processing a go once I install Aperture.

Cheers everyone.

Congrats on the machine. Let us know how things go.

Have fun!

-Kevin

 

[djejrejk]

I do some heavy audio editing (Pro Tools HD) at work with a Quad 3.0 Xeon Mac Pro (1st gen) with 8gb of ram. I have never seen the machine use more than 4-5gb of ram during any task.. I would say that 8gb is a reasonable amount, but 16 might be overkill unless you are doing heavy video rendering.

 

[irwanation]

Congrats on the machine. Let us know how things go.

Have fun!

-Kevin

Thanks man. Ran into a couple of bumps here and there - all in windows FYI. A lot of my applications wouldn't run on vista + mac pro but some of them do work fine on my MBP. Come to think of it I can't believe my MBP is nearly 2 years old. Time flies. Anyway. I rolled back to XP and everything is fine now. My only worry is the 4GB Ram limit that 32 bit XP can address. Any suggestions?

But overall this baby works great with the stock 2GB ram.. Coming from a first gen MBP.

 

[ASFx]

So far 8GB has been perfect for me. Im just a casual user and run vmware fusion with vista for my windows apps, along with safari, mail, ical, itunes, miro, and a few other small apps.. and i'm always hovering around 5GB used, 3GB free.

 

[TheThirdMan]

Many programs need 1gb a core in order to even use them, let alone to their full potential.

 

[Roy]

Many programs need 1gb a core in order to even use them, let alone to their full potential.

Not doubting, but curious. Which programs are those?