Currently at 2GB RAM is 4GB enough or do I need 6GB for CS3?

Hi,
I currently have a 2.66 MacPro with 4X512MB (2GB) RAM.
I want to upgrade but if I can run CS3 and Aperture and LightZone with 4GB RAM then it would save me a lot of money.
I will probably never have more than 2 programs open at a time other than LightZone/Aperture. Do you think it would be OK to only ramp up to 4GB (2X1GB sticks) or do I need to go to 6GB?

Theres a similar question here.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4546499#4546499
Bottom line the more ram the better! whether you need it or not depends on how heavy your projects are.
To see whether or not you would benefit from the extra ram I would say (Copy/pasting from the other thread):
I would advise as a simple solution to open up Activity Monitor (Applications/Utility), right click on its icon in the dock (or click and hold, or CTRL+click) and select DOCK ICON > SHOW MEMORY USAGE.
Keep this like this while you are working. If the blue + green areas (available memory) are consistently tiny, and the yellow (used memory) seems to be taking up most of the area then you are consistently at the limit of your memory! Very easy to see.
I also use a program called Menu Meters which is very handy for monitoring all kinds of info in the MenuBar such as free/wired memory, disk usage, paging info, cpu usage, network traffic etc.

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4GB+4GB or 8GB+2GB Ram?

Hi,
I'd like to add more RAM to my mid-2012 Macbook Pro (without Retina) and I'm just thinking about these two options.
a) leaving one of my current 2GBs and adding 8GB (it will give me a chance to upgrade it to 16 in the future if needed)
b) changing both 2GBs to 2x 4GB
which solution is better? why? I heard that it's better to have 2 slots with rams from the same producer but I just want to make sure with it. Thank you!

You do not need two of the exact same ram. 2GB and 8GB would be perfectly fine.
2 x 4 GB would be a good choice too but you would only have 8GB RAM. 10GB Ram sounds a lot better.
Or you could spend a lot more and go with 2 x 8 GB totaling you 16GB ram but that would be too expensive and you might not get a big use out of it.
Bottom line, go with 10GB RAM and look at activity monitor to see how much memory you're using, then upgrade to 16GB if your computer requires it.

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Hi guys, I have a problem that bothers me sometime. I have 4gb of RAM running 64bit windows 7 and I use a lot of heavy programs like after effects, 3ds max, CAD, photoshop, etc. Is 4gb enough for my computer or should I increase my RAM? Please somebody help me, any suggestion would be appreciated. Thank you

4GB is enough to run After Effects, but it's far from the optimum amount. It's an especially low amount if you'll be running any other programs at the same time.
It depends on what kind of work you're doing. Let's say that you'll be working with HD video and maybe 2K film. In that case, you'd ideally have 3GB installed per processor core. So, if you have a four-coure computer (which has eight processor cores with hyperthreading), you'd have 24GB of RAM. That's exactly how my home computer is set up. If you're working with 4K film, you'd have more RAM; for SD TV, you could have less.
See this page for some information about memory settings and performance:
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I said basically because you only spec'd 2GB ram. Xcode alone doesn't task the processor. Dev'ing is rarely Xcode alone.
What is your work style? Will you also run Safari, docs in PDF, edit video and audio for use in an app, run multiple apps/projects at one time, check weather, flights, stocks, FB, edit text in 3 apps, craft HTML, download betas, run multiple versions of Xcode, keep several devices docked for testing, use FaceTime to collaborate, run Time Machine backups on the hour, support multiple external monitors, test to Apple TV and constantly re-index projects?

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Thought I'd post some initial impressions here for those who are asking questions about memory, heat issues, noise, hinges, hard drive space etc.
This week I purchased the 13" MacBook Air, 128GB HD, 2GB RAM config in Apple Retail store. Ultimately a couple days later I ended up returning it and ordering the 2.13GHz upgrade, 256GB HD and 4GB RAM via Apple Store online. I'll tell you why at the end of this post.
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- I did NOT yet have MS Office installed.
- For a mobile laptop, the new MBA cannot be beat. It's sleek and solid. No heat issues. Fan rarely came on if at all.
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- I appreciated the fact that the 13" has 2 hours longer battery life than the 11". Ultimately that 7 hours played a big factor in why I bought the 13" instead of the 11".
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2,1 (Late 2006 & Mid 2007) can handle 3gb of 667mhz PC2-5300 RAM
3,1 (Late 2007) can handle 4gb of 667mhz PC2-5300 RAM
4,1 (Early 2008) can handle 6gb of 667mhz PC2-5300 RAM
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