2 gigs of RAM vs. 1 gig...
I appologize in advance because I know this question has been asked at least 10,000 times but I could not find the disscussions retaining to my topic when I searched for them.
Anyways...
I am trying to run programs like Final Cut Pro and Adobe Photoshop CS on my macbook. Right now I have 512mb of RAM, but am considering buying more because FCP barely runs with my setup.
I was first thinking about getting just 1 gig of ram but then i was thinking, why not 2?
So my question is...would I be able to tell the difference as far as computer speed and rendering speeds in photoshop and FCP between the 1 gig and 2 gig?
Would there be a noticible difference between having 1.25gigs and 2gigs with what I'm trying to do?
Thanks for the help!!
-Isaac
I just upgraded from 512mb to 2GB this afternoon and the difference is profound. I had considered just getting 1GB and running with 1.25, but as has been said you can never have enough RAM. It would be interesting to see the performance gap between 1GB or so and 2GB, but I guess it would really be user specific. I bought my 2GB kit from OWC for about $260.00.
Two points on reading through this thread. I agree that Apples standard RAM configs are sub par. Also I would have preferred the option of getting my standard 512 as a single stick. I that case I probably would have just bought 1GB and run with 1.5 instead of 2GB. When I ordered my Mac Pro I was also disappointed with the HD selection. There was a decent range of sizes (if overpriced) but not option for the newer 16mb cache drives. It just seems like Apple occasionally locks you into some less then the best hardware solutions. Then again at the prices they charge it makes more sense to buy after-market anyway.
Speaking of enough RAM I had always heard that Bill Gates once stated "640K ought to be enough for anybody". However it looks this is just one of those internet rumors thats been floating around for ever.
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So MSI tested this board and rated it to support 2 Gigs of RAM but the biggest stick tested was 512. That means that the most you could hope for would be 3X512 and that ain't 2 GIGs. Here is the MIS link to memory modules you may want to reference:
http://www.msicomputer.com/msiforms/k8tneo_ddr400_recommended.asp
Here is the exchange I had with the OFFICIAL tech support guy at Corsaire:
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I have these two:
http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=20-145-431-05.jpg/20-145-431-03.JPG
I have 3 memory slots (2 currently occupied), but I can only have 4 banks total of memory to stay at 400 mHz FSB. I want to add this stick to take me to a gig of RAM:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-475&depa=0
This would then occupy my 3rd slot giving me over a Gig of RAM. This is my setup:
K8T Neo FIS2R Bios 1.7 (made by MSI)
Athlon 64 bit 3400
2 X 256 Corsaire XMS PC3200LL
Slots 1 & 3 (timings: 2-3-2-6) [2.7 V]
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP Pro
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I have ver. 1.1 I believe.
also, I can run 4 banks and still have 400 FSB. I am pretty sure that the sticks I have now are only 2 banks total. So the stick I want to buy CANNOT be more than 2 banks but should be safe.
MIS and my board have major issues with Corsaire. Many are told to steer clear, but I already own two sticks and they were expensive and I will be damned if I have to go with something else. Here's my rig:
K8T Neo FIS2R Bios 1.7
Athlon 64 bit 3400
2 X 256 Corsaire XMS PC3200LL (Twinx)
Slots 1 & 3 (timings: 2-3-2-6) [2.7 V]
this is exactly what my RAM sticks say:
CMX256A-3200LL
XMS3205v1.1
0308120
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You would need to match the module exactly to what you have now only CMX512-3200LL Rev 1.1 The Pro version will not work in this MB with the modules you have now! Sorry! The other choice would be to find another use the memory you now have and just get a Twinx1024-3200LLPro instead!
Look, I just want 2 Gigs or 1.5 gigs of RAM and I want to run it at CAS 2 like I am running right now. The KingMax RAM is CAS 3! Other than Kingmax and Apacer (the Crucial 512 stick is not at Newegg) the other RAM ain't available from Newegg, so where am I supposed to get this RAM from. And the Apacer is CAS 3 too!!!!!Quote
Originally posted by southmike
ah but what about using 2, 1 gig sticks.
that will get you 2 gigs of ram and using only 4 banks should allow the speeds to remain at 400, when you use 3-512's you usually have 6 banks which the mem controller doen't like and gives you 333.....
really, it's 6 banks?1 damn. I'll have to scrap that. and yet 2 one GIG sticks are still only 4 banks??
aside from what the poster right below you has, what do you think about these two sticks:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-486&depa=0 -
Ram Upgrade in CQ61-411WM up to 8 gigs with Win 7 64 bit?
The specs for this machine is here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01980785&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en...
There is a company selling ram for this model that says with 32 bit the max is 4 gigs and the max with 64 bit is 8 gigs. Is this company wrong or are the HP specs page wrong?
This is the page that says 8 gigs will work for 64 bit in this machine.
http://www.satech.com/compaq-presario-notebook-memory-compaq-presario-cq61-series-memory-hp-compaq-p...
Also the sticky in this forum about Upgrades says:
1 ) The bus speed of the new modules should be the highest speed that the
specifications of your notebook state. Do not mix modules of different bus
speeds. Mixing bus speeds results in defaulting to lowest speed and a possibly
non operational memory module configuration. "
But as you see.. my specs page does NOT list the memory bus speeds!
If the max bus speed are not listed in the specs page, then how can I purchase any memory at all? I cannot !
How Crazy is this? !heres you specs:
Product Name CQ61-411WM
Product Number
WA980UA#ABA
Microprocessor
2.1GHz AMD Sempron Processor for Notebook PCs M120
Microprocessor Cache
512KB L2 Cache
Memory
2GB
Memory Max
4096MB
Video Graphics
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Graphics
Video Memory
128MB Display Cache Memory (up to 1022MB total graphics memory )
Hard Drive
250GB (7200RPM)
Multimedia Drive
LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Display
15.6" Diagonal High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1366x768)
Fax/Modem
High speed 56k modem
Network Card
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN
Wireless Connectivity
802.11b/g/n WLAN
Sound
Altec Lansing
Keyboard
101-key compatible with full-size keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
Pointing Device
Touch Pad with On/Off button and dedicated vertical scroll Up/Down pad
External Ports
3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
1 Headphone out
1 microphone-in
1 VGA (15-pin)
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
Other Devices
Dimensions
14.89" (L) x 9.93" (D) x 1.38" (min H) -1.62" (max H)
Weight
5.90 lbs
Security
Kensington MicroSaver lock slot
Power-on password
Accepts 3rd party security lock devices
Power
65W AC Adapter
6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery
4 gigs is all the motherboard will handle
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Hi
Posted previously about installing 2 x 2 gig RAM modules in to Macbook with Intel core2 duo.
Opinion seems to be it would be able to use 3gig of the 4 gig RAM.
I have two modules of 2gig 200 pin SODIMM 256MX64 DDR PC2-5300
Before I bust open the packet has anyone actually got this to work?
I am having a wobble here..............JP Ellery wrote:
But, does anybody have a reasonable answer to why would Apple underestimate a machine stating that it supports up to 2 when it really supports up to 3GB?
My guess is that the MacBook can't address the full 4 GB that it needs for enhanced graphics that they lowered the spec to 2 GB. Which is the largest amount that the MacBook can access the full amount of RAM and have a matched pair.
Another thing I'd like to ask. Is there any danger in using more memory than Apple says? Is the motherboard ready for this?
No one that has done this has been back on the boards and stated there were problems.
Using more memory than indicated by Apple may void my warranty and Apple Care?
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I've now been having this problem for months. It just freezes up and either shows me the dumb color wheel or doesn't show me anything sometimes and i just cant do anything for about 20-60 seconds. i can't exposae or anything. Also while working on a power point presentation it froze 4 different times for good and i had to do a hard restart just to get it working again. i lost my work and had to keep starting over. it was so annoying. it seems most of the time it does it, it is while i'm in Excel, Outlook, or Powerpoint. so perhaps it has something to do with my microsoft office. but i have the newest version and all the updates and everything. and i believe its happened when doing other tasks too. So i just can't figure it out.
A few Mac friends suggested i free up some space on my hard drive and upgrade my RAM. So i did. i put all my videos and photos on an external harddrive and deleted them all on my computer. i also upgraded to 8 gigs of RAM.
And honestly i can't even tell a difference after doing both of these.
HELP! PLEASE HELP! I'M ABOUT TO GO CRAZY. And having all the non Mac believers telling me it cause i have a Mac even drives me more nuts..
JasonAny of this help?
it froze a few times over the last hour and half while browsing the internet.
and also while working in excel it all of the sudden shut down excel and said. "Excel has encountered and problem and needs to shut down, you may lose the work you were on." or something like that. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME TOO. Excel, outlook and powerpoint frequently just shut down on me out of now where. I've bolded and underlined when this happened.
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Good evening, folks.
I'm running with a 13 inch 2011 macbook pro. Some months ago, I upgraded from 4 to 8 gigs of ram. Things were snappy and running very smoothly, however, over the past several weeks or so, I've noticed a decline in efficiency. I do run my chrome browser constantly, usually itunes is open, but beyond that my applications are open only when they are in use. I do have usually 2-3 spaces available as organization of my display. I've ran an EtreCheck report, however, I don't know how to interpret it. Any help?
Problem description:
recently installed 8 gigs of ram on my macbook pro, worked excellent for some time….i seems like however now it’s running on only 1.46 gig ‘wired’ ram. Not sure what’s up.
EtreCheck version: 2.0.7 (93)
Report generated October 29, 2014 at 8:43:57 PM CDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Early 2011) (Verified)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
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Color LCD 1280 x 800
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Logrus (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (25.18 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
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Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: Version: 2.4.4.2 Support
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.09 - SDK 10.6 Support
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196 MB iTunes
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65 MB Free RAM
1.41 GB Active RAM
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35.66 GB Page-ins
545 MB Page-outsThe uptime of your Mac is more than 10 days. How about a simple reboot?
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Need help. I am running a 27 in imac with 16 gigs of ram. Photoshop runs really fast, except when opening files. It takes 5-10 minutes to open even a small file of 1 meg. I cleaned and validated all the fonts and removed all questionable fonts. Reset preferences and still have problem. Slow to open and in force quit "Photoshop not responding" At this point should I uninstall and start over.
What are the performance Preferences?
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I have a iMac 8.1 3.06 GHz w/6 MB Ram, and was running Mac OS X 10.6.8. My 500 GB WD5000AAKS was about 90% full. I had an issue with the admin password, it would not accept any of my known passwords. I ran for a while on the fingerprint reader I had, we have two users on the machine in our home. I tried many attempts to fix this problem without success I came up with a plan. That plan was a new HD, used a 2TB Samsung. plan worked like a charm. Installed a 4 GB Ram Chip and the new Samsung, formatted it, loaded Snow Leopard, and loaded what was on my Time Machine backup all was good.
This was early July, then Lion was available I was happy with what I had, I had 1.450 TB of free space. So, what the heck, lets spring for Lion, that even went well for a not even 2 weeks, enough that I had several Time Machine backups.
Then monitor goes flash, flash then I try a re-boot same gray screen with whirlie gig that I had when the the HD in my MacBook Pro died. Put the old 500 GB WD back in and all was fine, ran for a day. It was OK except back to no password and full. Went down to my local computer shops here in Rayong Thailand and sprung for a New 2 TB WDXXX, put that in, used my Snow Leopard disk to format and load OS X 10.6.8. I though that all was good, the load from Time Machine was slow and the time remaining was changing all the time, took about 3 hrs for about 300 MB that where on the LaCie.
Now I have a password issue, however it asks for a password reset that it will NOT take and I don’t even get that now. All I get is the infamous “Gray Screen w/wirlie gig” but now for a new twist a circle with a diagonal line, like don’t go. Is this a DEAD HD? I plan to re-install the old 500GB just to systems check and if all is well I will take the “NEW” 2 TB WD back for replacement. I am thinking that I should put the new HD in and format and load Snow Leopard then up date to Lion then do my Time Machine backup. The only problem is does the circle with the diagonal line mean something more? If so how does one recover Lion with no disk if that is what I need to do. Yes, I have tried control “R” on boot, nadda, no response, “mai dee” no good. Ideas, please.I have an iMac 8, 1 that I upgraded Leopard to Snow Leopard. It was totally updated with the latest from Apple when I bought and tried installing Lion. The upgrade failed, shot my OS and I couldn't boot. Had the constant spinner on a grey screen.. did a format of the drive, hdd repair and everything came back clean... got back to Snow Leopard and all the updates on it again and then retried the Lion thing... same bs... dead duck. Crashed my system one too many times. I can't see where a few small changes, mostly app related can be classified as an OS upgrade and is not compatible with my iMac. I have the stuff running on my Mac Pro but have yet to notice anything impressive. I've always used F3 and really didn't require Mission Control. Just open you app folder for launch pad... duh? I use the hot corners anyhow. As far as Safari is concerned... as a power user, Apple missed the boat on that for me.. full screen etc.. Wow. I don't like the new Mail either..
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Ram issues 4022 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory with 8 gigs installed
I have a TOSHIBA Satellite P500 PSPGSU-11W00W with 8 gigs of ram installed by Toshiba. My over 4 gigs are showing as hardware reserved. I suspect there is a problem as that seems like too much to be reserved.
Im running win 7 home 64 bit
I tried swapping the two ram cards with no effect
Any ideas?Anybody have a possible answer for me?
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Why is my 8 gigs of ram not fully usable on a Windows 7 64-bit system with an HP G42?
The title contains most of the details, but to re-explain briefly, I recently installed two 4 gig sticks of ram in my HP G42-415DX. The full 8 gigs shows as installed, but only 3.74 gigs is showing as usable. I have verified that I have a Windows 7 64-bit system (Home Premium to be exact), and I have recently updated drivers (at least I'm sure I've updated all the drivers, but it is possible for one or two utility type drivers not being installed) to try to solve the problem, to no avail.
If there's anything more I can provide, let me know.
EDIT: And while I'm thinking of it, they are 8500's.Hi:
See if this works...
Run msconfig.
In the System Configuration screen, Boot tab, Advanced Options, if there is a check mark in the box next to Maximum memory. Remove that checkmark and save your changes.
Reboot and hopefully Windows recognises all the Ram ( minus the reserved ) after restarting.
Please give that a try, and post back and let us know if that frees up some system memory for you.
Paul -
A convert from the mini last march, I am recently new to the iBook. I am proud to own a 1.42 gighertz g4 60 gig HD CD/DVD burner 14 inch display 9550 chipset modern marvel.
So I gather that the 512 megs default is built in and I have a free dimm slot that I can put a gig in? Is that right? If so, even if it's easy, I am having it done at the store. Guess I coulda just called!
There is something else I am curious about and that is replacing the 4,200 rpm HD with one of those expensive, fancy, new, cool running 7,200 rpm laptop drives.
I am assuming that perhaps an actuall Apple store would not install such a thing. But can a non Apple owned Apple shop do such a thing, a licensed tech or some such thing where I do not have applecare and am taking responsabilty for something that might go wrong? I would not do this for a long time anyhow.
Enlightenment please.
And by the way, I am actually very happy with the performance of my iBook as is. If I can upgrade the ram, that's just inevitable. I sure am curious what a 7,200 rpm HD plus 1.5 gigs of ram would do for the already excellent performance though.
I am pretty fanatical about my iBook and plan on using it for a very long time before needing something new, except for maybe the next gen mini for my TV.
Thank you,
William
ibook g4 1.42 gigahertz Mac OS X (10.4.5)Hi William,
Yes, you can put 1Gb in the empty slot. I suggest getting your RAM at Crucial.com. Crucial has a RAM guide, so you get the exact RAM that you need (at a pretty decent price). Apple has a RAM guide that will help you install the RAM into your iBook.
I suggest getting a external hard drive over getting an internal installed because you risk complications. No matter who opens your iBook, you risk having future problems. The other reason is that its great for backing up your internal hard drive. One should always backup their hard drive just incase anything happens to your computer. One can't predict the day when a friend trips over their own feet; knocking your iBook on the floor with a huge crash. The most annoying thing to carry around when traveling is the Mac OS X install discs. I hate bringing them with me because I am in constant fear that I will loose them. The reason I bring them with me is because if something happens while I am away, I can troubleshoot my problem. I can startup from the install disc and then run Disk Utility, Archive and Install, Erase, and partition my hard drive. Once someone has a problem on the road; they will never leave their house without the discs. Instead of carrying around those discs, I partitioned one of my external hard drives into three sections, one for backup (140Gb), one for Mac OS X Tiger (10Gb), and the last one is for Panther (10Gb. I gave my girlfriend an iBook and she has Panther on it). This means I am equipped to startup my computer without using my internal drive.
Have you ever lost your iTunes library or your TurboTax data? Well, by backing up your hard drive (internal to external), you can save all your vital data incase something happens. You will find it a life saver if anything ever happens.
If you are looking into external hard drives, I suggest anything from LaCie, SmartDisk, or Western Digital
I recommend the LaCie D2 Hard Drive Extreme w/ Triple Interface, SmartDisk CrossFire, or the WD Dual Option.
I use a SmartDisk CrossFire for both my iTunes library as well as my iPhoto library. If you need help moving your iTunes library you might want to look at Knowledge Base Document #301748 explains How to Move Your iTunes Library.
If you truly want an internal hard drive put into your iBook, you can get it done by an outside company like PowerBookResQ. It will cost you $350 instead of $160 for the external. With the external like the CrossFire, you get 160Gb, 2 FireWire Ports (so when your hard drive is plugged in you can still use FireWire), USB 2.0, and more at a lower price.
I hope that helps,
Jon -
I cannot get the .mov files I recorded on my I-phone 4 to play correctly( i.e. no audio, video jerky at best), on my HP Pavilion laptop with an AMD athlon xp-m, OS=XP, 1 gig ram, plenty of hard drive space >50 gig. Just not enough RAM or am I missing something? I have updated all I can(Quicktime, I-tunes etal). Any ideas?
My first thought when reading your post ( video jerky) is that the CPU doesn't have enough horse power? What is the GHz of the AMD athlon? 1.8 GHz would be right on the edge with video. And where the computer will max out at 1 Ghz of RAM indicates the laptop is older and the CPU probably as well. 1 GHz of RAM maybe low on today's computers but would not be an issue if the CPU was perhaps 2.8 GHz. The audio is less demanding by far on CPU's than video, so that could be a codec?
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16 Gig of RAM but only 3.2 gig showing as available in CS5
Hi,
This is my first post so I hope it is in the right place.
I have just received my new machine. It should be quite a monster. It is a top of the line i7 2600nCPU @ 3.4 GHz running Windows 7 64 bit with 16 gig of RAM and 3 drives. Drive 1 for windows and programmes; Drive 2 for data and Drive 3 (a crucial SSD) for the photoshop scratch disk. So it can access Open GL it has a Nvidia GeForce 570/PCI/SSE2 graphics card. It is a fresh install. There are no other programmes running.
After the instal the first thing I did was go to edit -> preferences->performance only to find that I only had only 3,255 MB of ram available. I would have thought that is way way low. I was expecting somthing more like 15,000 MB. Does this sound right and if not what is going on here?
Also, I plan to be working with HDR photography with up to 9 full res shots (captured Raw) with lots of adjustment layers. I have set cache levels to 4 and tile size to 128K. Does this sound about right?
Thanks for your help.Hi Noel,
Thanks for that. Reinstalled and chose the right options this time. Now I have 14.6 gig of available RAM - much more like it. I have set ram to 90% (13200).. or do you suggest I stay within thier reccomended range of 8066-10560. Bear in mind that I have s fully dedicated high spec 128 gig SSD drrive sitting there as the nominated scratch disk.
Again thanks for your help. -
Photoshop CS4 on Vista not seeing 4 gigs of RAM
I am running Photoshop as part of the CS4 Suite on a bootcamped intel mac pro towers using Vista Business with 4 gigs of Memory. We are running in 32 bit mode because of the Apple screw up with Carbon 64 so that both sides of the house windows and mac match.
Photoshop is currently only seeing 1639 MB of the RAM instead of the performance on the Mac of about 3000 MB
So does anyone know what is going on here and how I can get Photoshop and or Vista to recognize most if not all of the RAM installed on these machines.
Specs are below...
Adobe Photoshop Version: 11.0 (11.0x20080919 [20080919.r.488 2008/09/19:02:00:00 cutoff; r branch])
Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit
Version: 6.0 Service Pack 1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:7, Stepping:6 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 2793 MHz
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Video Mode: 1680 x 1050 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Driver: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.11.8048
Built-in memory: 2037 MB
Free memory: 1178 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1640 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 55 %
Image cache levels: 4
Application folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\
Temporary file path: C:\Users\MGD\AppData\Local\Temp\
Photoshop scratch has async I/O enabled
Scratch volume(s):
C:\, 349.4G, 324.0G free
Primary Plug-ins folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS4\Plug-ins\
Additional Plug-ins folder: not setWhile Jim's suggestion is the only solution to addressing all your system's memory, I am surprised you only have 2037 MB (built-in) memory. Perhaps you are running processes or have devices attached which are eating into your memory by as much as .5 MBs?
I also have 4GBs installed ram. Right off the top, Windows strips 1 GIG to reserve space for Video Cards and other devices. I lose another .5 MB to the system.
This is a well-known limitation of 32-bit systems and like Jim says, there is little to be done except to upgrade to Vista 64. You can remove devices and stop processes and services, but you'll not ever see . . . at very best . . . 3.5 GBs. (Well, you might by using the /PAE switch, but that is more risk than I'm willing to play with.)
This is what my system looks like:
Operating System: Windows Vista (Ultimate) 32-bit
Version: 6.0 Service Pack 1
System architecture: Intel CPU Family:6, Model:7, Stepping:7 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2
Physical processor count: 4
Processor speed: 3666 MHz
Video Card Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Video Card Renderer: GeForce GTX 280/PCI/SSE2
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Driver: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.11.7740
Built-in memory: 2557 MB
Free memory: 1281 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1640 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image cache levels: 4
Thus far, I've not encountered any problem using a 32-bit version. That is partly because I've not done anything with PS or other applications which might cause problems. But, as I do more with the Master Suite I expect that situation to change. Then, I'll upgrade to Vista 64.
I'm kinda keeping my eyes and ears open about Windows 7. Unless I encounter performance problems, I'd rather wait for the next version. According to rumors, the earliest date would be the end of the year, if not early 2010. -
DV9429 us laptop: Has anyone successfully added more than the stated 2 gigs maximum RAM?
Hi, this computer works fine with Ubuntu (10.10, Unity makes it a dog ), unusably slow with Vista, and who knows about Win7.
If you have successfully added more RAM than the 2gigs which supposedly is the max, let me know how it went. 4 gigs would make things so much better.We are using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 . but it's well with MySQL & JBoss
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HT3696 if i have a 15 inch Mac book pro 2009 model running 64 bit, can I increase the RAM to 8 Gig?
if i have a 15 inch Mac book pro 2009 model running 64 bit, can I increase the RAM to 8 Gig?
Yes.
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