toneport on macbook

[Bricex]

Hi

Just got a Toneport UX2, and I'm very impressed with the quality of the effects and "amps" in the gearbox software. Problem is, I don't have enough memory so I can only record low quality.

They say that 1gb is recommended (currently have 512) so that's what im planning on getting. But should I go for 2x512mb ram OR buy 1x1gb stick and use it with 256mb ram. With the last option I could even get another 1gb stick later on, but will not having two matched pairs impede the macbooks performance?

thank you

 

[jsw]

Get the 1GB stick. The performance boost of 1.25GB over 1GB (i.e., less swapping) - and the ability to later jump to 2GB - is much better than the marginal boost you get from paired RAM.

 

[Bricex]

Get the 1GB stick. The performance boost of 1.25GB over 1GB (i.e., less swapping) - and the ability to later jump to 2GB - is much better than the marginal boost you get from paired RAM.

thanks, that's what I was thinking.

 

[Maxwell Smart]

Get the 1GB stick. The performance boost of 1.25GB over 1GB (i.e., less swapping) - and the ability to later jump to 2GB - is much better than the marginal boost you get from paired RAM.

Exactly, and with the integrated graphics chipset, you can really use that extra RAM . Plus the marginal speed improvement with matched RAM is negligible when you consider the extra RAM you're gaining.