The amoutn of memory needed for TIger to work smoothly

[Loft]

I just installed TIger into my system which is a 12" PB I just wanted to ask if I needed to add more ram. I currently only have 256MB of ram. I think it's running too slow with only 256. thanks!

 

[Manzana]

get a 512 stick for about $100. I have 768 on my 15" 1.33 pb and it runs good.

 

[IDANNY]

get a 512 stick for about $100. I have 768 on my 15" 1.33 pb and it runs good.

I am currently also running it with a powerbook as you can see with the same ram and it is great.

 

[yellow]

512MB should be your minimum. More is bettter.

 

[wordmunger]

Okay, so I've got two cubes with 256 MB of RAM. One is used primarily as a music server and the other is used mainly by my kids checking their e-mail. They do all this fine using Panther. Are you saying that upgrading to Tiger will slow them down to the point of unusability?

 

[yellow]

Are you saying that upgrading to Tiger will slow them down to the point of unusability?

No, I'm not trying to say that..

But, I guess it's all about perception. Personally, I find the beachballing (particularly via the Finder) found on any Mac with 256MB running Panther to be frustrating. With only 256MB of RAM, it'll be swapping constantly.

IMO, 512MB should be your minimum for comfortable usability. I think your cube doing music feed only will be just fine with 256MB, but with the kids actually using the other one for slightly more intensive tasks, I really would advise jumping up to at least 512MB. But that is again, just IMO.

Again, more is better, and RAM is fairly cheap.

 

[ChrisFromCanada]

256Mb will require you to constantly be swapping files and if you have a 7200RPM drive that can be acceptable, but if you are using a 4200RPM drive I would recommend 512Mb or higher