Confusion about memory for Lion installation

I have Imac Intel core 2 duo 1gb, bought Snow Leopard and Lion for upgrade, now it say's you need 2 GB, was this mentioned on the site?

2GB is to low, Apple should be more honest here.
My late 2008 MacBook worked fine with Snow Leopard but became more or less unusable with Lion. Extremely slow and also very strange errors from applications that was related to low memory. I actually suspect bugs in Lion regarding memory management but more memory installed reduces the probability of suffering from those bugs.
I have upgraded to 4GB and now it's possible to use the computer, what a difference!
I'd say that 4GB is the minimum memory requirement for most users.

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I just upgraded. Literally just finished. I was checking out mail, and I am confused about how Mail 5 groups messages for conversations. In SL I had Mail group related messages as well, and it's a feature I really enjoy. Conversations just makes it that much better. But, I notice that Lion groups message differently than both SL and iOS. Now, it is no longer grouping emails that are all from various people but are part of the same thread. It is grouping multiple messages from the same sender, even if they have nothing to do with each other, or are only loosely connected.
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Also, now all the emails from the teacher of that class, regardless of the relevancy or subject line, group together in one conversation. It's annoying in a way, but I think I can get used to that. Does anyone know if these will be able to be changed in the future?
Thanks

As a Mac power user - LION IS A DISAPPOINTMENT
Apple needs to seriously consider briniging back
• SPACES: the capability to move up as well as down to access applications
     AND have applications stay in a desgnated space makes it much easier
     to run multiple applicatioins - especially in a multi-monitor environment
• SAVE AS: Saving various versions of a file is difficult with Lion.
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• COPY COMMAND: Snow Leaopard allowed me to copy files to a storage device AND if the file
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APPLE NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER PUTTING THESE FEATURES BACK INTO THEIR OS FOR THE BUSINESS AND POWER USER

How do I increase memory for Lion install?

When I try to install Lion, I get the following: "Mac OS X 10.7 requires at least 2 GB of memory." Any thoughts about what is going on?

I bought my iMac in early 2007. This is info from Hardware Overview:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          iMac
Model Identifier:          iMac5,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          1 GB
Bus Speed:          667 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          IM51.0090.B09
SMC Version (system):          1.9f4
I've looked on Apple Store and I think it's saying that there's no memory currently available for this model.

Confused about Office for Mac editions...

I'm about to pull the plug and order Office 2004 for Mac. A few internet sites offer the following progams...
Office 2004 for Mac Home & Student Edition
Others don't offer this edition, but do offer...
Office 2004 for Teachers and Student Edition
The latter edition is a couple of dollars less and MORE available from places I usually shop. I'm really pointing toward taking advantage of MS free upgrade to Office 2008 Special Media Edition. Does anyone know if there is some hoop I have to jump through if I buy the "Teacher" edition? It looks to me that they are the same thing. What I DON'T want to happen is for MS to tell me I'm not eligible for the free upgrade to the '08 edition because I'm not a teacher or a student (except of life.)

You may be right that there is no 2004 "Home"' Office edition available for sale although as I pointed out, there are web stores selling what they claim is this edition.
At the site below, you can pre-order the 2008 "Home" edition for around $130. The box showed clearly states that it is the "Home" edition. I'm still confused, but I guess I'll just order the Amazon edition and be done with it. When I bought my MacBook late last month, the store was selling what they said was the 2004 Office version for $150 and at the time, they claimed that I would get a free update in early January when the new version came out. I would rather get the free full "super" 2008 edition upgrade when it is available, but I don't want to get into "no-man's" land if I have the so-called "Teachers-Student" and MS says no because I'm not a teacher or a student.
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I created a Lion bootable installer by installing the file InstallESD.dmg onto a DVD and
it works ( I found out the hard way, Lion OS became corrupted and would not boot).
The InstallESD.dmg is found in the SharedSuppoort folder in the Installer bundle,
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2) In the same folder there is a file named OSInstall,mpkg. What is its purpose?
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I don't have a way to view *mpkg files....
Enquiring minds want to know
Jerry

"InstallESD" is named as such because that's the name somebody in Apple chose. The function of OSinstall.mpkg doesn't matter.
You (and many of us ) are delving into areas into which Apple did not intend us to go. Keep exploring, and you will find several thousand files with inexplicable names. Way below the level at which the user operates, it is not necessary to make file names nice and self-explanatory.

Confusion: Maximum memory for Model 7.1 iMac, Mid-2007

My iMac is maxed out with 4GB RAM, but when I was looking at specs for my son's computer on everymac.com, i got a surprise. Although I almost never click on ad links, there was one that got me curious. Below is what caught my eye:
The iMac Model 7,1 takes DDR-667Mhz RAM and has a system maximum of 6GB
with the installation of one 2GB module and one 4GB module.
I've never read anything, from any source, that says that this iMac can take more than 4GB RAM...2GB in each bay. I've long bought my RAM from Crucial, and the quote above was from another company, whom I shall not name.
What say you all? It would be nice to think that this (aging) computer could be sped up with 2GB more RAM, but I am mighty suspicious.
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RB

Hello again, Ruth,
Happy to have helped; thank you for the star.
Where are you located? Sometimes you can get an allowance when you return RAM. Just because you usually deal with Crucial usually doesn't mean to say you cannot switch to OWC. Call and ask them, they have a one to one phone line in most countries.
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Iphone: Confused about memory managment in HelloWorld

In the HelloWorld example you can find the following code:
MyViewController *aViewController = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ControllerView" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
self.myViewController = aViewController;
[aViewController release];
The myViewController is released in the dealloc method.
I dont see why I need to declare and assign the temporary "aViewController" just to assign it to the instance variable. Wouldn't it be enough to write:
self.myViewController = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ControllerView" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
As I see it, myViewConroller will keep a reference to the object, and it will be released once the dealloc method is invoked.

The property "myViewController" most probably has been declared as such:
@property (nonatomic, retain) MyViewController* myViewController;
This means that every time something is assigned to it, the ref-count for that object is incremented (as 'retain' is called).
So, if you were to do this:
self.myViewController = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ControllerView" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
You would be incrementing the ref-count for the newly allocated object and the object will then have a refcount of 2 (as by default 'alloc' sets ref-count to 1). Now, even if myViewController is released in dealloc, it will only decrement the count to '1' from '2'; this results in a memory leak.
So the golden rule is, *every time* you do an 'alloc' or 'copy' it is your responsibility to 'release' that object. And for this reason you see it being assigned and then being released again. This is what happens:
MyViewController *aViewController = [[MyViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ControllerView" bundle:[NSBundle mainBundle]];
Ref Count for aViewController is 1
self.myViewController = aViewController;
Ref Count for aViewController is 2 (as self.myViewController does a retain on it)
[aViewController release];
Ref count for aViewController is now 1
Later when myViewController is released, ref-count of the object pointed by 'aViewController' or 'myViewController' is then set to 0 and at that point it's released from memory.

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If you crunch the numbers you pay more on a 2 year contract than with Next.

Hi, I am confused about memory in my Mac.

I am new to MACs and have Mac book pro with 4Gb of storage.
My iphoto often causes my mac to run v slowly so I was trying to see if I've got too many photos.
When I look at the size of the iphoto library via the Finder it shows as nearly 30gb. How on earth is this possible? I have some stuff on photostream but not much.
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You have 4GB of Random Access Memory (RAM) not 4GB of storage - to see how much space you're using, go to the Finder and highlight your hard drive and select "Get Info" from the Finder's File menu. You should see something like this:
This will show you the capacity of your hard drive, and how much sapce you've in use as well as the 'free' space.
It's not unusual for iPhoto libraries to become large, if you've a lot of high-res photos in it. If you feel that the Library itself is damaged, and shouldn't be using that much space, you might want to check with the experts over on the iPhoto forum. I don't use iPhoto much, but that's where the real iPhoto experts hang out.
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Are you confused about accessing the Lion iTunes Get Info menu from mouse?

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Need info about memory for Satellite A305D-S6848

I'm looking to upgrade my system memory from 3GB to 4GB. I am not able to find the required specs anywhere, including in the product's supposed "detailed specifications", where the memory description is woefully inadequate. It doesn't even specify that it needs SODIMM! How can I find out the exact specs that I need?
I'm also curious if faster memory (such as PC2-6400) will work, but just run at the system's 5300 speed?

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HT4929 Confused about consequences for mixed computers ?

If i have compatible and non compatible computers in a mixed environment, and if i choose to fully go to iCloud, is my email then usable on both compatible and non compatible computers ?
You know....Apple offer a "fully transfer" or "just keeping mail".....

if i choose to fully go to iCloud
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I get kernel paic upon boot. I did that hard drive cleanup and reinstalled Lion. What about memory? Anyone think I need to upgrade my memory? I have 8 G of upgraded RAM. (20 inch iMac core 2 duo)

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